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title: "Spurs vs Inter: Champion’s League Player Ratings"
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# Spurs vs Inter: Champion’s League Player Ratings

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Better than Maicon?

Spurs recorded a historic 3-1 win over the European Champions yesterday at White Hart Lane, the funny thing being that they looked a more like the cup holders than the Italians themselves.

Despite the odd glimpse of class from messers Sneijder and Eto’o, Inter looked off the boil; shaken by an electrifying Spurs start.

Here’s how I thought that lads performed below:

**Spurs**

**Cudicini** – 8\
Looked confident and was ready when he needed to be. Wasn’t at all at fault for the goal.

**Hutton** – 8\
His support play for Lennon really gave Inter a problem on both flanks. Also fell over hilariously.

**Bale** – 10\
Game of his life. The Sun will insist he’s going to Inter now after a chat with Rafa and the boys after the game… for 9 billionkajiliontrillion escudos. Man of the Match without a doubt.\
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Kaboul** – 6\
Looked a tad shaky all night, if anything was getting through the back four I felt it was through him. Oddly it was Hutton that didn’t close down Eto’o well enough for the goal.\
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Gallas** – 7\
Looked like Champion’s League material. His Arsenal experience was well needed last night and he made some cracking tackles.

**Assou-Ekotto** – 7\
Sometimes when you don’t notice a player too much it’s because he was terrible. When that player is a defender though it can often be a good thing. Did his job effectively at the back and fed Bale all evening.

**Huddlestone** – 8\
Did his job and kept Sneijder reasonably quiet, supported the attack when he could and held up periods of pressure.

**Lennon** – 8\
Irritated the Inter full backs all night. Won several free kicks which earnt Inter players yellow cards. Missed a few key passes but sustained pressure an Inter back four that couldn’t deal with both Lennon and Bale.

**Van der Vaart** – 7\
Looked really lively for the first half an hour until his goal. Went a little quieter from there probably due to his apparent hamstring problem.\
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Modric** – 8\
Looked class as always. Made the odd error but his touch of genius supplied the first goal and he really showed his value.\
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Crouch** – 8\
50p head Crouch held up play well and really gave Inter a problem. They couldn’t really figure it out. A few mistakes here and there can be forgotten after slotting away Spurs’ second.

**Subs**

**Jenas** (46) – 7\
Looked lively and up for it. Pushed forward more than expected after Van Der Vaart’s departure and didn’t look out of place.

**Pavlyuchenko** (76) – 7\
The Russian wasn’t happy with just holding up play and was the only man there to slot Bale’s cross home for the third. Held up play well and caused problems.

**Palacios** (84) – 6\
Didn’t see enough of him really. Though he cut up a few last minute Inter attacks and settled in well to a game which was rather tentative at the time.

**Inter Milan**

**Castellazzi** – 6\
Shaky all evening. Reminded me of Manuel Almunia.

**Zanetti** – 7\
The strongest of the defence. Worked hard and kept the ball when he had possesion. Was guilty of a few bad challenges.

**Lucio** – 5\
Half the man we saw last season. Petulant, indecisive and slow, he resembled a man who’d been on the piss the night before.

**Maicon** – 4\
A poor mans Gareth Bale. He couldn’t defend to save his life and was so worried about the Welshman that he tried to do that all night.

**Samuel** -5\
Best thing he did all night was kick Aaron Lennon to the floor after he’d been absolutely done.

**Chivu** – 5\
See above

**Sneijder**– 7\
Always looked dangerous and constantly looked to supply Inter’s Man of the Match, Samuel Eto’o.

**Muntari** – 5\
I was hardly aware he was on the pitch until he went off. Did alot of ball and shadow chasing last night.

**Eto’o** -8\
The only player who looked anywhere near a European Champion. Quality oozes out of the man from Cameroon, a constant threat. Scored a magnificent goal from nothing to give Inter a lifeline they certainly did not deserve.

**Pandev** – 5\
Was he on the pitch yesterday?

**Biabiany** – 5\
A couple of speculative efforts, but hardly had anything all evening. Quiet.

**Subs**

**Obiora Nwankwo** (53) – 5\
Brought a cheeky smile to my face when he came on. He did nothing else.

**Phillippe Coutinho** (64) – 5\
I only really became aware he was on the pitch when he fell over a few times giving Martin Tyler and Andy Gray something to talk about.

**Milito** (71) – 7\
Looked great when he came on – caused problems and wasn’t afraid to test Cudicini. Classic Benitez bringing on the right player at the wrong time.