TOTTENHAM 0 REAL MADRID 1
STAR MAN - MICHAEL DAWSON (Tottenham)

TOTTENHAM: Gomes 5, Corluka 7, Gallas 7, Dawson 8, Assou-Ekotto 7, Lennon 7, Huddlestone 6, Modric 7, Bale 6, Van der Vaart 6, Pavlyuchenko 6. Subs: Defoe (Lennon 60) 5, Kranjcar (Modric 83) 5, Sandro (Huddlestone 71) 5. Not used: Cudicini, Kaboul, Jenas, Bassong.

REAL MADRID: Casillas 6, Ramos 5, Carvalho 6, Albiol 6, Arbeloa 5, Alonso 6, Khedira 6, Ronaldo 6, Ozil 6, Marcelo 5, Adebayor 5. Subs: Granero (Ramos 56) 5 Booked, Kaka (Ronaldo 65) 5, Benzema (Alonso 75) 5. Not used: Adan, Garay, Higuain, Di Maria. Booked: Carvalho.

Ref: N Rizzoli (ITA) 3

For selfish reasons i'm glad that Bale got 6....but he should have had a higher score !

Probably because he dived, I noticed earlier in the season that players were marked down if they blatantly dived, even if they had a good game.

Crikey, you're giving the reporters a lot of credit there!
Especially in a European game against a foreign team…. cant imagine it being a factor in reducing the mark/keeping the mark down.

I havent looked or considered that element at all, so no offence intended. Maybe you're on to something.

Surprised any spurs player got 7 or above, cos afterall they played against a RM team that were half arsed and still got beat - there was no performance that deserved a 7 let lone an 8

I do remember Kenwyne Jones having a good game one week and thought he would be on for a 7, especially as that was when he was scoring well. But he dived at some point and MOTD highlighted this that night. He was given a rating of 4 by the Sun and at the time I thought it had to be to do with the dive It may or may not be a factor but I am sure some reporters more than others will find diving a bugbear and may bring it into their reckoning when rating players.

something i will keep an eye out for