Tottenham player ratings as 'threat' lands 8/10 in comfortable Bodo/Glimt win

Tottenham took a commanding lead in their Europa League semi-final first leg with Bodo/Glimt on Thursday night, winning 3-1. Spurs are now just a small step away from the final in Bilbao after taking care of business in the home leg.

Brennan Johnson scored within two minutes to open the scoring, turning home a nice header across goal from Richarlison to set the tone. James Maddison doubled Tottenham’s lead by taking a step to the side of the goalkeeper and cutting the ball across his body and across two defenders to find the far bottom corner.

Spurs made it three after the break when Cristian Romero was caught in the box, leading to a spot-kick that Dominic Solanke calmly dispatched. Bodo/Glimt got one back with seven minutes remaining when Ulrik Saltnes twisted and turned inside the box before finding the net with the help of a deflection. Despite the goal, Tottenham take a comfortable lead into the second leg in Norway next week. Here we rate the players from the first leg.

Gugliemo Vicario - 6

Very little to do in goal for Vicario, and little he could do about the late goal.

Pedro Porro - 8

Got involved in the attacking play as he so often does. Porro was also very positionally aware defensively here, and tucked in well to make some important interceptions.

Cristian Romero - 7

Romero did well to win the penalty for the third goal. It was arguably a little soft, but he did do well to get to the ball first. Defensively, Romero wasn’t troubled very often.

Micky van de Ven - 7

Comfortable in the heart of defence and rarely troubled.

Destiny Udogie - 7

Got forward well and wasn’t afraid to drive into the midfield. Udogie showed good energy and was defensively sound. He was unlucky not to score after a great individual run in the second half.

Yves Bissouma - 7

Bissouma was solid in midfield and covered at the back where he needed to. A sound performance.

Rodrigo Bentancur - 6

Solid and in control for much of the game but should have done better with the goal, getting turned inside out in his own box.

James Maddison - 8

Got into a nice position to latch onto the ball and produce a nice finish for the second goal. Kept Spurs ticking over and played as though he had a point to prove, particularly in the first half.

Brennan Johnson - 7

Produced a nice finish with the header to open the scoring in the first minute. Johnson perhaps could have been more involved at other stages of the game but get got his goal and remained a threat on the ball.

Richarlison - 8

Set up the first goal and was plenty involved from the word go, looking like Tottenham’s most threatening player. He was brought off at half-time, but in the time he had, Richarlison was very impactful.

Dominic Solanke (Off at 74’) - 6

A nice, calm penalty finish for the third goal. Solanke fulfilled his role and hobbled off in the 74th minute, although it didn;t look too seriously.

Substitutes

Mathys Tel (On at 46’) - 5

Didn’t add much to Tottenham’s performance and will have wanted a greater impact.

Dejan Kulusevski (On at 64’) - 6

Came half-close here and there and saw a good opportunity blocked.

Wilson Odobert (On at 74’) - 6

Did a solid job in the relatively short time he had. No issues from Odobert.