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Barcelona player ratings vs Spurs: Dembele plays a stunning game

By Atharva Khadilkar

Line up Barcelona (L-R) Lenglet, Nelson Semedo, Miranda, Thomas Vermaelen, Ivan Rakitic, Jasper Cillessen, Carles Alena, Aleña, Ousmane Dembele, Arthur, Munir El Haddadi, Coutinho during the match between FC Barcelona and Tottenham Hotspurs at Camp Nou Stadium in Barcelona, Spain on December 11, 2018. (Photo by Jose Breton/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Line up Barcelona (L-R) Lenglet, Nelson Semedo, Miranda, Thomas Vermaelen, Ivan Rakitic, Jasper Cillessen, Carles Alena, Aleña, Ousmane Dembele, Arthur, Munir El Haddadi, Coutinho during the match between FC Barcelona and Tottenham Hotspurs at Camp Nou Stadium in Barcelona, Spain on December 11, 2018. (Photo by Jose Breton/NurPhoto via Getty Images) /
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BARCELONA, SPAIN – DECEMBER 11: Jasper Cillessen of FC Barcelona during the UEFA Champions League match between FC Barcelona v Tottenham Hotspur at the Camp Nou on December 11, 2018 in Barcelona Spain (Photo by Jeroen Meuwsen/Soccrates/Getty Images)
BARCELONA, SPAIN – DECEMBER 11: Jasper Cillessen of FC Barcelona during the UEFA Champions League match between FC Barcelona v Tottenham Hotspur at the Camp Nou on December 11, 2018 in Barcelona Spain (Photo by Jeroen Meuwsen/Soccrates/Getty Images) /

Barcelona and Tottenham Hotspur drew 1-1 at the Camp Nou on Tuesday evening in their final clash of the Champions League’s group phase.

Barcelona played to a 1-1 stalemate at the Camp Nou with Tottenham Hotspur on Tuesday evening. Having already known his side’s fate of playing the last 16 and winning his group, Ernesto Valverde preferred to give several star names a rest and made six changes from Barcelona’s 4-0 win against Espanyol last weekend.

The Catalans put in a fairly good display without a lot of key players, Lionel Messi and Sergio Busquets being the two most important absentees from the team sheet. Ousmane Dembele came up with a brush stroke of art yet again as he scored a magnificent solo goal in the first goal to open the evening’s account in favour of Barcelona.

Tottenham kept probing for a response and it finally came for them in the shape of Lucas Moura who scored with five minutes to go on the clock. In Italy, Inter Milan had drawn with PSV Eindhoven so a 1-1 result for Spurs was enough in seeing them through to the last 16 of the Champions League as runners-up of the group.

With that said, here’s a look at how every player from the home team did.

Goalkeeper- Jasper Cillessen- 8/10

Tottenham Hotspur would have surely won the game were it not for Jasper Cillessen’s goalkeeping skills. The Netherlands international made no less than six saves throughout the match and kept Harry Kane primarily at bay. This was Cillessen’s first Champions League appearance in two seasons and he made sure that it’s a memorable one.

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