Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Burnley Player Ratings: Richarlison Rated 9/10 as His Brace Sealed the First Victory for Spurs

The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in North London geared up to welcome Burnley for the first Premier League game of the 2025/26 season. The reigning UEFA Europa League winners were determined to start the season strongly against the newly promoted Burnley. The match began with Brazilian striker Richarlison breaking the deadlock in just 10 minutes. Burnley did well to reduce the deficit, but in the second half, it was Richarlison and Kudus again who combined to help Spurs double their advantage in the 60th minute. Brennan made it three in the 66th minute, and the Thomas Frank era for Spurs began in the most dominating fashion. Here are the Tottenham Hotspur vs Burnley player ratings.

Spurs Player Ratings

Here are Spurs Player Ratings from the Spurs vs Burnley match.

Goalkeeper

Guglielmo Vicario - 7/10

The Italian keeper was a solid wall between the sticks for Spurs as he kept a clean sheet in the first game.

Defenders

Pedro Porro - 7/10

Porro, on the right flank, had been a beast tonight, as he always is and initiated a lot of attacks from the right.

Djed Spence - 7/10

In the absence of Destiny Udogie, Spence stepped up to dominate the left flank.

Micky van de Ven - 7/10

Van de Ven in the defence meant a solid backline for Spurs, and the Dutchman never let his team down.

Cristian Romero - 7/10

This was the Argentine's first game as Spurs captain, and Romero led his team brilliantly from the back to secure a dominating victory against Burnley.

Midfielders

Archie Gray - 6.5/10

Young Archie was chosen over Rodrigo Bentancur and had a decent outing tonight.

Mohammad Kudus - 8.5/10

This was Kudus' debut game for Spurs in the Premier League, and he gave two assists tonight to help Richy get a brace

Pape Matar Sarr - 8.5/10

Sarr had a big responsibility tonight to orchestrate the attack and he played brilliantly tonight.

Lucas Bergvall - 8/10

Young Bergvall was playing as a central midfielder tonight and had a brilliant game.

Brennan Johnson - 8/10

The Welsh winger stepped up perfectly in the absence of Maddison and impressed in the first game of the season and scoring a goal as well.

Strikers

Richarlison - 9/10

Richy was chosen over Solanke tonight and he did not disappoint as the Brazilian scored a brace in Spurs' first game of the season.

Substitutes

Rodrigo Bentancur - 7/10
Dominic Solanke - 7/10
Joao Palhinha - 6.5/10
Wilson Odobert - 6.5/10

Manager

Thomas Frank - 8/10

It was an absolute masterclass from Thomas Frank tonight. He chose his pieces perfectly and effectively used his substitutions that helped Spurs clinch a 3-0 win.

Burnley Player Ratings

Here are Burnley Player Ratings from the Spurs vs Burnley match:

Goalkeeper

Martin Dubravka - 6/10

This was Dubarvka's first game with Burnley and he conceded three goals tonight. It was nothing less than a nightmare for Dubravka in goal tonight.

Defenders

Sonne - 6/10

Much to everyone's surprise, it was Sonne who was playing as the right back mostly and he was a big disappointment.

Kyle Walker - 6/10

The kind of experience Walker brings to Burnley, there were high expectations from him. But he was nothing less than a disaster tonight.

Ekdal - 5.5/10

Ekdal was arguably the worst performer for Burnley tonight. His lack of man marking and silly errors costed Burnley three goals.

Esteve - 6.5/10

Esteve from the left flank was pushing hard for an equaliser, but it wasn't enough as Burnley were too late.

Hartman - 6/10

Scott Parker's 5-4-1 too didn't seem enough to control Spurs as Hartman leaked a lot of entries in the last few minutes.

Midfielders

Cullen - 7.5/10

Cullen was a silver lining tonight and had a captain's performance. The Burnley captain kept fighting till the last minute.

Laurent - 7/10

Laurent was another disaster in the midfield and he was subbed off in 63rd minute.

Anthony - 6/10

Anthony was nowhere close to making entries into Spurs half and could have done well.

Strikers

Lyle Foster - 7.5/10

There was a lot of expectations from the South African striker, and upto some extent he has a good game as he was constantly a threat in attack.

Substitutes

Jacob Larsen - 6/10
Lesley Ugochukwu - 6/10
Loum Tchaouna - 7/10
Zian Fleming - 6/10
Marcus Edwards - 7/10

Manager

Scott Parker - 6/10
It would be too harsh to just blame Parker as he kept the scoreline 1-0 till a good time until Spurs created havoc in the last quarter.

Sportsdunia player of the match goes to Richarlison