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title: "Tottenham: Dier, Davies and Reguilon struggle vs Vitesse"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-dier-davies-and-reguilon-struggle-vs-vitesse/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Charlie Smith"
section: "Premier League"
published: "2021-11-05T09:42:06Z"
modified: "2021-11-05T09:43:02Z"
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# Tottenham: Dier, Davies and Reguilon struggle vs Vitesse

**Antonio Conte got off to winning ways as Tottenham manager with a [3-2](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59154773) win over Vitesse in the Europa Conference League.**

Spurs raced into a 3-0 lead but conceded twice before half-time. Cristian Romero was sent off on the hour mark, however, Conte’s men held on to the lead to climb up to [second](https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaconferenceleague/standings/) in Group G.

However, some Spurs players, statistically, struggled in Conte’s first game, as The Transfer Tavern looks into the three worst-rated outfield starters out of the seven who played 75 minutes or more by specialists [SofaScore](https://www.sofascore.com/team/football/tottenham/33)…

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### Eric Dier – 6.7/10

First up is centre-back Dier, who failed to make a tackle all evening and lost 60% of his duels.

He also gave the ball away on 10 occasions and lost his man for Vitesse’s first goal from a corner.

Dier made just one interception as well – to put that into perspective even Romero managed to make more despite being sent off on the hour mark.

### Sergio Reguilon – 6.7/10

Next up is Reguilon, who played at left-wing back in a 3-4-3 system. The Spaniard gave possession away on a whopping 19 occasions in his 60 touches (32 per cent), with Emerson Royal putting in a better display on the opposite side.

He also failed to complete a cross – hardly ideal for a wing-back – or block a shot but did make three tackles, finishing with a fairly low pass accuracy of 71%.

### Ben Davies – 6.8/10

Davies played in a back three alongside Dier and Romero and also struggled, failing to make a tackle, interception or block a shot all evening.

He lost possession on nine occasions, failed to complete an accurate long ball and lost his only ground duel.

The Wales international has been [tipped](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-transfer-rumours/tottenham-hotspur-fabio-paratici-told-to-sell-ben-davies/) for a departure under Conte, and the manager’s debut did nothing to quell those shouts.

***In other news: [Conte now personally plots to sell ‘very talented’ Spurs player who Nuno called ‘unique’.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-transfer-rumours/tottenham-hotspur-antonio-conte-plotting-to-sell-steven-bergwijn/)***