Lloris - 7: a stone wall on the line, although some poor kicking and ball distribution (nothing new)
Naughton - 6.5: was doing well until injury; dangerously misskicked the ball once, but blocked the following shot
Kaboul - 6: was doing okay; misskicked the ball similar to Naughton, which could let to a goal if we didn't have Lloris. Positionally should have done better when Mane received a clear-cut chance on 87th minute. Some people may think he could have been sent off for his foul on Mane, but I'm not sure that action should have been considered as a foul. For me it looked more like a shoulder-to-shoulder challenge.
Vert - 7: solid, no questions.
Rose - 8: overall a fantastic display, his progress under Poch is obvious. Was everywhere and worked his socks off: received the ball a lot, made several great interceptions, looked dangerous going forward.
Capoue - 8: another player who perfoms consistently well and progresses. Was one of the main reasons we totally dominated in the centre midfield against Saints for about 75 minutes. Made several good tackles. Great attitude. As it looked for me, he was wrongly penalised by referee on a couple of occasions.
Mason - 7: did well. Several times recovered the ball and passed it quickly to our attacking midfielders. A very solid display, considering Ryan barely played for us and the kind of oppositions he faced from empty list.
Lamela - 7
Eriksen - 7+1
Chadli - 7
Each player from out attacking midfield trio receives strong 7 points. Eriksen gets additional point for a good goal.
I like their workrate and attitude. It's great to see when your attacking players are closing gaps, trying to recover the ball on the opposite half (and often they succeed in it), then pass it quickly forward/to a free player, trying to provide instant danger. This kind of play we see during last two EPL games and will see further more as it's a product of Poch's playing philosophy. The more I see Lamela the more I love him. Yes, he sometimes needlessly wastes the ball, trying to dribble past 2-3 players, but his movement, attitude, desire to play and to win, to recover the ball if he or his teammate looses it, his seeing and searching of gaps and opened spaces in opposition's defence are just great and prove that he is potentially world-class and is currently on the right way to it. He badly needs a goal in EPL and it will come in October, I have no doubt in it.
Ade - 5+1. Ade gets additional point for vital participation during attacks, one of which has resulted in Eriksen's goal and the other one should have resulted in Chadli's goal. Except this and several won headers he has done nothing useful. Still doesn't provide any direct danger as a striker, wasted one great chance. At least yesterday he opened some space for our midfielders so they could get into finishing positions.
Subs:
Dier - 7: played well, especially in the end, when he won a couple of vital headers.
Dembele - 6 or N/A: didn't make any vitally good or bad actions, but he played for about 10 minutes only.
Kane - N/A
Manager:
Poch - 7. I really like what he's doing with our style of play. If we speak objectively, in summer we had a bunch of ordinary or young/unexperienced, but defenitely talanted players, who, with proper influence, could turn into top-class stars and one unit as a team. Pochettino has a philosophy of dominating in midfield, high-tempo pressing, fast ball recovering and passing, and rather successfully settles it in heads and legs of our players. Many first-team players already look much better than during 13/14 season. Only Ade regressed, but it's another story. However, we face a huger test after the international break.
MoTM:
It was a tough call, but I've chosen Rose as defenders rarely receive deserved praise.
