How Tottenham rated in their 4-2 FA Cup defeat to Chelsea

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When Chelsea opted to drop two key players in Eden Hazard and Diego Costa, Tottenham were confident of reaching their first FA Cup final since 1991. Instead, it became seven semi-final defeats in a row.

Willian opened the scoring for Chelsea with a fine free-kick before Harry Kane drew the scores back level with a glancing header finding the back of the net at the far post.

Then, Victor Moses was felled with seemingly no contact to allow Willian to add a second. Dele Alli equalised from a fine Christian Eriksen pass after half-time but it was not enough, with the introduction of Hazard proving pivotal.

The Belgian coolly slotted a fine shot through a crowded penalty area and into the corner of the goal past Hugo Lloris before the Lilywhites captain was left stranded by Nemanja Matic’s thunderbolt of a strike won the game for the league leaders.

Here are how the Spurs players rated:

Hugo Lloris – 6

Nearly caught out by a handball outside the box but it wasn’t spotted, he could have done better with Willan’s free-kick but couldn’t have saved any of the other goals.

Read on over the next few pages to see how his team-mates rated…