Manchester United came from behind to dump Tottenham Hotspur out of the FA Cup. Goal.com rates the performers …MANCHESTER UNITED
Foster: 6.5 - Could only stand and watch as Pavyluchenko’s header flew past him but other than that, had very little to do.
O’Shea: 6.5 – Aside from letting in Bale at the start of the second half, did very little wrong and looked composed throughout.
Neville: 7.0 – A couple of poor clearances invited Spurs to shoot but otherwise the skipper did well in an unfamiliar position.
Vidic: 6.5 - Got to Pavlyuchenko but couldn’t prevent the Russian scoring, however he stood firm aside from that and Spurs got little change out of the Serbian.
Fabio Da Silva: 7.0 – A decent first start, made some thrilling runs forward and not afraid of attacking Bentley.
Welbeck: 7.0 -Very lively out on the right, looked particularly good with the ball at his feet and made several dangerous runs forward.
Ronaldo: 6.0 – A quiet game in truth. He was well-marshalled by the Spurs defence and aside from a couple of shots which Alnwick saved comfortably, offered little.
Carrick: 7.0 – Looked good, his corner set up the first and a superb ball found Berbatov for the second.
Scholes: 7.0 - Sloppy in the early stages but improved and hit the equaliser with a low shot, although it needed a deflection to beat Alnwick.
Berbatov: 7.5 - Took up some great positions and his movement off the ball troubled Spurs. Great touch and shot for the second goal.
Tevez: 8.5 - Hustled from the front and his work rate was something else. Combined well with Berbatov and Welbeck and unlucky to hit the woodwork with a curling shot.
Substitutes
Eckersley: 6.0 - An injury to Fabio handed him a debut and he did OK.
Tosic: 6.5 – Given a brief cameo and showed a few encouraging signs.
Fletcher: n/a
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
Alnwick: 7.0 – Much better from the young stopper. No chance with either goal, but a great stop from Tevez in the first half and Ronaldo in the second.
Gunter: 6.5 - Defensively decent, particularly a great block on Welbeck to deny a goalscoring chance but not interested in bringing the ball forward.
Corluka: 7.0 - Read the game very well and made some good interceptions.
Dawson: 7.0 – Alongside Corluka, he ensured Spurs were difficult to break down; another solid performance.
Assou-Ekotto: 7.5 – Defensively he did well against Welbeck and also looked Spurs’ best outlet with some good runs and balls in from the left wing.
Bentley: 6.5 - Better from Bentley, who worked hard and looked to have taken recent criticism on board. Offered some good delivery and wasn’t afraid to shoot at goal.
Huddlestone: 6.5 - Great ball in for the opener and helped out his defence well but far too ponderous in possession and unwilling to support his forwards.
Zokora: 6.0 – A solid shift in midfield, but Spurs needed more from their midfield which simply wasn’t forthcoming.
Bale: 6.0 - Played high up on the left against O’Shea. Early effort in the second half but fired wide and continues to look low on confidence.
Modric: 5.0 – An ineffective first half from the Croatian and it was little surprise to see him replaced at half-time.
Pavlyuchenko: 7.0 – A simply superb header handed the visitors the lead but seriously lacked service.
Substitutes
Giovani: 6.0 – A slight improvement on Modric but missed a decent opportunity with five minutes to go.
Taarabt: 6.0 - Came on to add attacking impetus but failed to get into the match.
Defoe: 6.0 - Given 20 minutes but barely saw the ball.
Resource: Goal.com
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