Eriksen and Capoue also woeful against superior Stoke.
Tottenham Hotspur suffered their fifth Premier League defeat of the season on Sunday as they were beaten 2-1 by Stoke City at White Hart Lane.
Stoke were 2-0 up by half time thanks to goals from Bojan Krkic and Jonathan Walters.
Spurs were given hope of a comeback when Nacer Chadli smashed in his sixth league goal of the season on 77 minutes.
However, an equaliser, which would have been thoroughly undeserved, never came.
Tottenham ended the game with 10 men, after right-back Kyle Naughton was shown a straight red card in the dying moments.
Here’s how Mauricio Pochettino’s men rated…
GK: Hugo Lloris – 6/10
No heroics from Lloris today. The Frenchman was beaten by two of Stoke’s three shots on target. However, neither goal was the result of a mistake from the Spurs stopper.
RB: Kyle Naughton – 6/10
Made more tackles – nine – than any other player on the pitch. However, his decent performance was ruined late on when he was sent off for a professional foul on Victor Moses.
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LB: Danny Rose – 6/10
Provided a nice assist for Chadli’s goal, but was beaten too easily in the build-up to Stoke’s second.
CB: Younes Kaboul – 5/10
Kaboul’s performances have been very poor in the last few weeks. After another wobbly showing, his starting position in the team should be questioned, despite him being club captain.
CB: Federico Fazio – 5/10
Fazio was all-action today, but he lacked composure. His distribution was very poor, as was his positioning.
CM: Etienne Capoue – 5/10
Got plenty of the ball, but very few of his touches were positive. Defensively, Capoue has been one of Tottenham’s best players in recent weeks, but Stoke’s men in the middle got the better of him today. He was replaced by Emmanuel Adebayor on 65 minutes.
CM: Ryan Mason – 6/10
Marginally better than Capoue, but outshone by all of Stoke’s midfielders nonetheless.
AM: Andros Townsend – 5/10
Looked bereft of ideas, as Stoke starved him of space. Townsend, did not dribble past an opponent once, before being subbed off for Mousa Dembele at half time.
AM: Christian Eriksen – 5/10
Pretty anonymous in the first half, before being hauled off at the interval, when Erik Lamela came on.
AM: Nacer Chadli – 7/10
Scored a superb volleyed goal which gave Spurs a hint of hope on 77 minutes. The Belgian international was Tottenham’s best player and he provided an excellent cross for Adebayor in stoppage time, but the former Arsenal frontman headed wide.
ST: Harry Kane – 6/10
Worked his socks off, but looked rather lost without a second striker to support him, until Adebayor’s introduction midway through the second half.
Subs:
Erik Lamela – 6/10
Lamela did more during his 45-minute appearance than Eriksen did in his. However, the Argentine, who forced Asmir Begovic to make an excellent save from a free-kick, was still average at best.
Mousa Dembele – 6/10
Much livelier than Capoue. Dembele really should be starting in the Premier League.
Emmanuel Adebayor – 5/10
Clearly playing within himself. Probably needs a January move to motivate him for one of his rare six-month hot spells.
