Tottenham player ratings vs Arsenal - Xavi, Van de Ven and Gray struggle amid derby despair

Here are our Tottenham player ratings after their defeat to Arsenal in Sunday's north London derby in the Premier League

Tottenham Hotspur fell to a 4-1 defeat to Arsenal in Igor Tudor's first game at the helm and here are our Spurs player ratings from the match.

Former Juventus boss Tudor was brought in to push 16th-placed Spurs up the Premier League table after Thomas Frank was sacked last week with results and the fans against him. The Croatian's first test was derby against Mikel Arteta's title challengers who needed to win after Manchester City's victory against Newcastle on Saturday night.

Tottenham went into the game missing 11 players and had Dominic Solanke on the bench after the striker required antibiotics in the week for a throat problem. That meant Randal Kolo Muani was up front and the Frenchman knows Tudor well after impressing for him in the back end of last season at Juventus. Richarlison was also back on the bench following his hamstring injury.

The opening goal came in the 32nd minute when Bukayo Saka got into the box and hit a low pass that found Eberechi Eze in acres of space in the box to take a touch and drill home.

However, Spurs were level just 123 seconds later when Randal Kolo Muani dispossessed Declan Rice and raced from out wide into the box from the left and stepped past one challenge before smashing the ball low into the net for the first goal of Tudor's tenure.

Arsenal scored their second just two minutes into the second half when Viktor Gyokeres found himself with all the time in the world to hit a curling effort from outside the area and into the net.

Kolo Muani had the ball in the net soon after only for it to be ruled out for a push on Gabriel. The visitors then scored again after the hour mark when Spurs looked to have dealt with Saka in the box only for the ball to hit Joao Palhinha's heel and fall for Eze to fire home.

The visitors made it four in added time as Gyokeres ran into the box without much stopping him and curled an effort past Vicario.

Here are our Spurs player ratings:

Guglielmo Vicario

Came out to make an early diving header and made a big one-vs-one save from Saka in the first half. Saved from Saka again in the second half and looked to have to played his part in stopping him a third time only for the ball to break to Eze to score. Couldn't really do much about the goals. 6

Joao Palhinha

Found it tough at times on the right of the back three but was unfortunate for the third Arsenal goal. 4

Radu Dragusin

Aside from being dispossessed during one run out of defence, the Romanian was Spurs' best defender in the first half. It was his poor header though that helped Arsenal break for Eze's second goal on the hour mark and he had a tough time from that point on. 5

Micky van de Ven

Off the pace n the first half with Saka getting in behind him a few times and the captain for the day never really got into the flow of the game. 4

Archie Gray

Took an elbow to the face in the first half, leaving him with a bloody nose. The teenager struggled on the day and was often left on his own up against two Arsenal arttackers. 4

Yves Bissouma

Another new manager to win over and he showed plenty of enthusiam for the cause even those it was a losing one. One of the few players to come out of the game with a little bit of credit. 6

Pape Matar Sarr

Offered very little in the midfield other than the odd neat touch. 4

Djed Spence

Didn't have much joy with Saka with Tudor bellowing at him on a couple of occasions to get tighter to the Arsenal attacker. Switched to the right late on and set up Richarlison for a chance. 5

Conor Gallagher

Battled away and had a deflected cross fired home by Kolo Muani only for it to be ruled out for a push. Came off after an hour and didn't offer too much. 4

Xavi Simons

Got lucky with a poor pass straight to Trossard outside the Spurs box as the Belgian fired well over. Struggled to find the rhythm of the game in the first half but had an early effort saved by Raya in the second period. 4

Randal Kolo Muani

Given the nod up front and he took advantage by robbing Rice of possession and running into the box from the left to score his first Premier League goal. Had the ball in the net after firing home Gallagher's deflected cross early in the second half but was adjudged to have pushed Gabriel. Worked hard before coming off for Richarlison. 7

Subs

Dominic Solanke

Other than a couple of nice touches he didn't offer Spurs much. 5

Richarlison

Had a flick clawed off the line by Raya and tried to make a nuiscance of himself. 6

Mathys Tel

Brought on as a left wing-back late on and it didn't get him into the positions he needed to be. Souza would surely have been a better bet if that was the role to filled? N/A