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Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

Lo Celso excellent as Lloris and Sanchez impress - Tottenham fans' player ratings vs RB Leipzig

Tottenham Hotspur find themselves in a very familiar position following the first-leg of a Champions League knockout fixture.

1-0 down from the home game with a tough away trip to follow.

Last season it was Ajax in the semi-final, this term it's RB Leipzig at the round of 16 stage and there's still every chance the Lilywhites can repeat the amazing scenes in Amsterdam when they travel to Germany next month.

Mourinho praises his side despite 1-0 loss to Leipzig

It could have been a lot worse for Spurs heading into the second leg as the Bundesliga side had numerous chances to put the tie out of sight in north London.

But in the end they had to settle for the one goal, given to them by Timo Werner from the penalty spot.

Jose Mourinho's side did improve in the closing stages and could have snatched an unlikely equaliser but Lucas Moura - the hat-trick hero against Ajax - headed a great chance over the bar.

Football.london offered fans the chance to have their say on who impressed - and who didn't - in the narrow defeat.

And the player with the highest rating was midfielder Giovani Lo Celso - who at the time of writing had an 8.2 rating - while Hugo Lloris was hot on the Argentine's heels with an 8.0.

The Frenchman made a number of crucial stops to prevent the Bundesliga side from extending their lead. Rounding off the top three is Davinson Sanchez who also made Whoscored's Champions League Team of the Week.

The ratings don't make good reading for Serge Aurier as he's scored the lowest (3.7).

While, Ben Davies who conceded the penalty which resulted in the only goal of the game is second from bottom and Dele Alli completes the bottom three.

Despite the defeat, Mourinho was full of praise for his players.

"Lucas and Bergwijn what you saw in the end, two very tired players. Two players who gave absolutely everything," he said in his post-match press conference. "Two days ago when we played at Villa and now.

"We are the only ones who now have to play the next game on Saturday morning. The thing that keeps me confident is the spirit, the mentality of my players.

"It's what they are, not just as players, but especially what they are as guys, as a group.

Fantastic group of players. If your colleague wants to be fair and look at the situation with different eyes, he wouldn't make me that question, but I try to help.

"They played with Werner, Schick, Nkunku. Nkunku out, Schick out after 70 minutes of incredible effort, workrate and intensity they brought to the game. In comes Forsberg, Poulsen, Haidara, they have Lookman on the bench."

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