Tottenham player ratings vs Brighton: Brennan Johnson silences doubters but Romero goes missing in second half disaster
TOTTENHAM fell to defeat at the Amex Stadium in dramatic fashion.
Spurs were leading 2-0, and appeared to be cruising at half-time, thanks to goals from in-form Brennan Johnson and James Maddison.
However, Yankuba Minteh gave the Seagulls a lifeline just after the restart.
New signing Georginio Rutter brought the scores level before the hour mark.
Then, it was former Gunner Danny Welbeck who completed the stunning comeback for the home side shortly after.
Here’s how SunSport’s Isabelle Barker rated Spurs’ stars.
GUGLIELMO VICARIO – 6
Was cool, calm and collected in the first-half but lost his composure in the second-half but wasn’t exactly helped by his shambolic defenders who conceded way too many chances.
Expertly saved a shot from Mitoma to keep the visitors in it.
PEDRO PORRO – 6
Porro produced a lovely cross to set up Werner even though he was offside.
Struggled to keep Mitoma in check after the break and will probably be seeing the Japanese winger in his nightmares tonight.
MICKY VAN DE VEN – 5
The second-half was a bad night in the office for Micky van de Ven who, alongside Udogie, was torn apart by Brighton’s blistering front line.
You rarely see the Dutchman flustered but he really lost his composure at the Amex.
CRISTIAN ROMERO – 5
Romero went missing defensively in the second-half, let Brighton players past him and was the culprit of far too many mistakes.
DESTINY UDOGIE – 5
Udogie was the culprit of a major cock-up at the back to put the ball on a plate for Yankuba Minteh to pull one back for the hosts.
Djed Spence has done well off the bench in recent weeks so a shake-up may be on the cards.
DEJAN KULUSEVSKI – 6
Kulusevski has looked different gravy since moving to a more central role, and that showed in the first-half.
After the break he began to look clunky, ploughing into Kaoru Mitoma with a rash challenge.
RODRIGO BENTANCUR – 6
Bentancur needed to wake up as he gave the ball away in dangerous positions.
JAMES MADDISON – 7
Maddison was on target for the second with a lovely, low drive but faded out in the second-half and struggled to pick out a pass.
TIMO WERNER – 6
Werner messed up the final ball, scuppering a big chance for Spurs to go ahead just 15 seconds in.
Nearly redeemed himself with what looked like the opener but Porro was offside in the build up. Played a key role in the second goal, squaring the ball to Maddison.
The German striker needs to be on target himself though with a woeful zero goals in his last 13 games.
BRENNAN JOHNSON – 8
Johnson looking as dangerous as ever for Tottenham, with his goal making it six scored in his last six games.
He recently deleted social media after coming under heavy criticism, but since then he has certainly silenced his doubters in style.
DOMINIC SOLANKE – 6
Solanke produced a peach of a pass to set up Johnson for the opener. Didn’t have a shot on goal though and was non-existent in the second-half.