Tottenham vs RB Leipzig 2020 (Spurs-Leipzig 2020)
Final score and result: Spurs vs Leipzig 0-1 (Werner pen)
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London- 19 February, 2020
Timo Werner’s penalty gives Leipzig victory over Spurs in London
UEFA Champions League
Newspaper Player Ratings Borussia Dortmund 2-1 PSG Champions League 18 February 2020- Gueye, Verratti, Haaland, Mbappe
Here is how the big European newspapers rated Borussia Dortmund and Paris SG’s players following the former’s 2-1 triumph at the Westfalenstadion on 18 February, 2020. This was expected to be a tasty clash, featuring the likes of Haaland, Mbappe and Neymar, and two of this trio were on the scoresheet in the first leg of this Round of 16 CL game.
L’Equipe player ratings BVB-PSG 18 February, 2020
L’Equipe gave PSG a team rating of 4.3/10, as compared to the 6.3/10 for Borussia Dortmund. Not surprisingly, Erling Haaland was the highest rated player on either side, getting a 8/10. For PSG, Gueye (2/10) and Di Maria (3/10), while Zagadou got the lowest player rating for BVB with a 4/10.
Thomas Tuchel got a manager rating of 3/10- his opposite number Lucien Favre was given a 7/10.
There were some worries before the game about referee Lahoz, but L’Equipe found him to be quite decent, giving him a 7/10.
Newspaper Player Ratings Atletico Madrid 1-0 Liverpool 18 February 2020 Champions League- Renan Lodi, Felipe, Salah
Here is how the big European newspapers rated Atleti and Liverpool’s players following the former’s surprise 1-0 win over the reigning CL holders at the Wanda Metropolitano.
Atleti starting line up vs Liverpool CL: Oblak, Vrsaljko, Savic, Felipe, Renan Lodi, Lemar, Partey, Saul, Koke, Correa, Morata
LFC starting XI v ATM CL 2020: Alisson, TAA, VVD, Gomez, Robertson, Wijnaldum, Henderson, Fabinho, Salah, Mane, Firmino
L’Equipe player ratings Atleti-Liverpool 1-0
French newspaper L’Equipe were impressed with Atleti’s Brazilian left back Renan Lodi, but less so with Thomas Lemar and Alvaro Morata. On the LFC side, it was mostly a bunch of 4 and 5’s on 10, with goalkeeper Alisson getting a 6.
The paper also gave Diego Simeone a manager rating of 8/10, with Jurgen Klopp getting a 4/10.
AS Newspaper player ratings Atletico Madrid vs Liverpool
On to Spanish newspaper AS, who also gave Renan Lodi three stars, but were equally impressed by fellow Brazilian Felipe Monteiro’s performance.