Porro, Bissouma and Dragusin struggle, Gray and Solanke don't

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A tired Tottenham side fell to a 6-3 defeat to Liverpool in the Premier League on Sunday and you can find our Spurs player ratings below.

Ange Postecoglou did not make any changes to his starting XI after his threadbare squad came into the game following back-to-back victories against Southampton and Manchester United in the Premier League and Carabao Cup respectively. Tottenham managed to score nine goals across the two games even though they had 10 unavailable first team players in each.

The overused Spurs players stepped out at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium against a Liverpool team that had an extra day to recover and was the subject of numerous changes for their Carabao Cup quarter-final at Southampton.

Two headers put the visitors into the lead in the first half with Luis Diaz finding plenty of room to run between Pedro Porro and Radu Dragusin to nod the ball home. Then Alexis Mac Allister got to a looping ball ahead of Fraser Forster to head into the back of the net.

James Maddison hits one back before the break when he picked up a loose ball and curled a lovely shot home from the edge of the box. However, they were hit just before half-time when Dominik Szoboszlai beat Radu Dragusin to a header and ran on to fire home from Mohamed Salah's return pass.

Salah then netted twice himself in the second half, once from a loose ball in the box and then after being played in by Szoboszlai.

Spurs got a lovely goal back when Dominic Solanke chipped a ball over the top to Dejan Kulusevski to volley in to make it five goals in as many matches for the Swede.

Solanke then got another back for the hosts. Lucas Bergvall hit a deep cross, Brennan Johnson headed it back and the striker turned and slid in to fire it home. Liverpool stopped that recovery though when Diaz fired home after a Liverpool break.

Here are our Tottenham player ratings after the match:

Fraser Forster

Sent an early pass straight to Salah which wouldn't have helped after Thursday night's errors. Couldn't do much about Diaz's header but was slow in coming out to stop Mac Allister. Szoboszlai then poked the ball underneath him before the break. Couldn't do much about Salah's two close range goals but only stuck out a foot at Diaz's late effort. Made a couple of saves in amongst all of that. 4

Pedro Porro

So many goals are conceded in his part of the Spurs box, whether through him switching off or being overloaded. He's probably running on empty right now but opponents get so much joy in getting the ball behind him and he's been targeted a number of times with crossfield balls by different teams. 4

Radu Dragusin

Allowed Diaz in behind him for the first goal and then was nowhere near winning the key header that allowed Szoboszlai to get up the pitch before scoring. One of his weaker performances. 4

Archie Gray

The left-hand side of the defence didn't deserve to be on the end of such a scoreline. Gray - again an 18-year-old midfielder helping out in central defence - did a lot of really positive things. Perhaps could have done better with a missed block for the fifth goal but he was far better than those to his right. 7

Djed Spence

On the left again and he made a couple of good early blocks. Like Gray, he comes away from the game with credit after putting in plenty of challenges and tried to get up the pitch as well. 6

Pape Matar Sarr

Made a good sliding block in the Spurs box although the offside flag may have gone up soon after. Worked hard before coming off before the hour mark. 6

Yves Bissouma

Started brightly but then made a poor pass that led to a Salah chance and struggled for periods after that. Bentancur is back on Thursday and it could be his place to reclaim. 4

James Maddison

Gave Spurs hope in the first half with a good curling finish from the edge of the box. Tried to make things happen but others sometimes weren't on the same wavelength. 6

Dejan Kulusevski

Kept running despite clearly being tired at times and volleyed home a lovely goal to make it five goals in as many matches. 7

Dominic Solanke

Didn't get any chances himself until late in the second half but did grab an assist with a clever chip over the defence to Kulusevski. Took his own first opportunity soon after with a good finish. 7

Son Heung-min

Huffed and puffed but didn't contribute much when it mattered. Postecoglou compared him to Salah a couple of weeks back and the difference right now looked stark in this game. 5

Subs

Lucas Bergvall

Put in the deep cross that led to Spurs' third goal and tried to make things happen. 6

Brennan Johnson

Grabbed an assist for Solanke's goal and should have scored Spurs' fourth with a low free hit in the box. 6

Timo Werner

Replaced Son late on but other than a couple of sprints couldn't find a way through. N/A

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