Tottenham and Burnley played out a dour 0-0 draw at Turf Moor, effectively ending Spurs’ hopes for a top four spot in the Premier League, but keeping Clarets’ survival hopes very much alive.
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Here’s how Tottenham’s players rated:
Michel Vorm – 7
Easily Tottenham’s best player of the day, making a few decent saves after most of the attacking play came from Burnley. Did well to tip over from Ings on the stroke of half-time.
Kyle Walker – 4 (Davies 47′)
Suffered an injury early in the first half which was probably for the best as he had a torrid day. Tried to support attacking moves at the expense of his defensive duties, despite not having any impact in the final third.
Eric Dier – 5
Looked worried when he was put under pressure against Burnley’s attackers. Improved from the last away game against Manchester United, but was lacking in physicality.
Vlad Chiriches – 6
Moved to right-back when Walker went off and struggled, though he did well at centre half. As a full-back he didn’t get forward enough along with not giving Dier enough cover to deal with Vokes and Barnes.
Danny Rose – 4
Absolutely no impact going forward, but in doing so he allowed Trippier to pick passes through the Spurs back line. The pressure put on him by the Burnley side looked to get to him.
Nabil Bentaleb – 5
Surprisingly had a poor day as he wasn’t allowed time on the ball as much as he wanted. Positionally he was caught out time after time and caught in possession more than once.
Ryan Mason – 5 (Townsend 83′)
Wanted the ball all the time, but lost it almost every time he got it. A disappointing performance from someone who should be used to a pressing game having spent a lot of time on loan in the lower leagues.
Paulinho – 4
Embarrassingly bad second half attempt summed up his afternoon, offered little and delivered even less.
Nacer Chadli – 4 (Lamela 64′)
Lost the ball or wasted possession when he got into promising attacking positions, a game the Belgian will want to forget after a decent season.
Christian Eriksen – 5
Couldn’t get his foot on the ball to have as much influence as he’d like. His quality deserted him when put under as much pressure as he was today.
Harry Kane – 6
Came back down to earth with a bump today after battling hard all day, but nothing coming off for him. Burnley played him absolutely perfectly and he will be frustrated.
Subs:
Ben Davies – 6
Came on shortly after half-time and was involved in a Tottenham back four reshuffle in which he covered for Rose, who was nowhere to be seen. Without him, they may have been going back to White Hart Lane with nothing.
Erik Lamela – 5
Found the physicality of the game hard to handle, like many, and struggled to create the spark he was brought on for.
Andros Townsend – 5
Like Lamela, delivered very little after being brought on close to the end.