Tottenham player ratings vs Newcastle: Cristian Romero back with a bang but Rodrigo Bentancur a weakness | OneFootball

Spurs’ winless run extends to five games

Tottenham twice came from behind to earn a 2-2 draw with Newcastle at St James’ Park.

After a goalless first 45 minutes, Bruno Guimaraes opened the scoring before Cristian Romero levelled with a superb header.

Here’s how Standard Sport rated the Spurs players...

Guglielmo Vicario 7

Good to see the away fans chanting his name after weekend troubles. Largely confident from crosses and made two sharp second-half saves. No chance with the goals.

Pedro Porro 6

Poor in the early exchanges, lucky that one terrible backheel wasn’t punished. Improved though and positioned well for deep crosses to the back post.

Cristian Romero 8

Complete rollercoaster. Booked for rash challenge and sloppy on the ball more than once in first half. But his brilliant header got Spurs level and then equalised again with overhead kick to single-handedly earn a point. Madness.

Kevin Danso 7

Rock solid in the air. Best in terms of defending his box and made a brilliant goalline clearance to deny Nick Woltemade. Newcastle have a serious aerial threat and he stood up to it.

Destiny Udogie 5

Felt like Newcastle always fancied their chances down his wing. Struggled throughout and offered no real support for Johnson in attack.

Rodrigo Bentancur 4

Started decently but progressively become more and more of a weakness in midfield. Booked for a foul seconds after he gave it away with a terrible pass and then gave away - albeit harshly - a penalty.

Weakness: Rodrigo Bentancur

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Pape Matar Sarr 5

Poor decision-making on the ball early in the match. Ran around a lot without really doing much and part of the problem of Spurs being unable to progress through the lines.

Lucas Bergvall 7

Only one who stood up to Newcastle’s physical power in the first half. Pressed superbly and brilliant flicked effort looped just over the bar. So direct with his running - needs to keep starting.

Mohammed Kudus 5

Tried too much. Lost the ball in his own half when doing kick-ups and is too keen to beat a defender two or three times. Cross assisted Romero’s first but decison-making must improve.

Randal Kolo Muani 7

Rare source of quality in the Tottenham attack. Held the ball up to get Spurs up the pitch and ran the channels well. Real handful against tough opposition.

Brennan Johnson 6

Really bright in the first half on the break, using his pace to good effect. Couple of dangerous crosses into the middle and got back in his own box to superbly clear Tino Livronmento effort.

Substitutes:

Mathys Tel (Johnson 77’) 5

Rare minutes for the Frenchman. Hardly had a chance to get involved on the left.

Richarlison (Kolo Muani 77’) 5

Made himself a nuisance as other, appealing for fouls at every opportunity, but no quality.

Xavi Simons (Bergvall 77’) 5

Tried to pick the passes on the edge of the Newcastle area but no real space. Looks short of confidence - unsurprising considering lack of minutes.

Archie Gray (Sarr 87’) N/A

Wilson Odobert (Kudus 87’) N/A