Tottenham player ratings vs Copenhagen - Van de Ven magic, Xavi and Odobert dazzle, Johnson unlucky

Tottenham won 4-0 against FC Copenhagen in the Champions League on Tuesday evening despite going down to 10 men and here are our Spurs player ratings.

The north London side were looking to get back on track after Saturday's poor derby display against Chelsea. Thomas Frank was missing Lucas Bergvall through the concussion protocol while Mohammed Kudus and Djed Spence both missed Monday's training session at Hotspur Way and while Spence made the bench, Kudus missed out on the squad.

Brennan Johnson opened the scoring 19 minutes in. Xavi Simons curled a perfect pass into the Wales international's path and Johnson ran on, touched it past the keeper out wide and rolled a lovely finish from outside the box into the empty net.

Randal Kolo Muani missed a couple of big chances late in the second half but made up for that in the 51st minute. He chased down a long Pedro Porro ball and got a foot to the keeper's attempted clearance which sent it high up in the air. The Frenchman took an delicate cushioned touch to bring it down and picked out Wilson Odobert to slide it home.

The game looked to have taken a turn for the worse when Johnson was shown a red card after the referee was told to go to his monitor to watch the Spurs man's tackle on Marcos Lopez which caught the Copenhagen player's heel.

Tottenham however caught their visitors with a double sucker punch. First Micky van de Ven raced from the edge of his own penalty area and just kept going and going before burying a shot past the goalkeeper inside the left-hand post.

Then Spurs broke again when Odobert flew up the pitch and played the ball to Romero, who had kept pace with the Frenchman and the captain fired it across to substitute Joao Palhinha to slide home via the keeper's hand.

There was still time for academy striker Dane Scarlett to win a penalty after some good play to get into the box before he was tripped. Richarlison sent the resulting penalty crashing off the crossbar and not quite over the line, as he had done with a header not long before.

Here are our Spurs player ratings from the Champions League victory.

Guglielmo Vicario

Didn't have much to do but dealt well with gathering crosses and sprinted the length of the pitch to celebrate Van de Ven's wonder goal. 7

Pedro Porro

Busy down the right and curled the long ball over the top that Kolo Muani did well with to set up Odobert's goal. 7

Cristian Romero

Spurs just look so much better with their skipper at the back and he showed great energy to keep up with Odobert and set up Palhinha's goal. 8

Micky van de Ven

What a goal! It was Son-like in its execution with the Dutchman picking up the ball from Bentancur's challenge on the edge of the Spurs box and racing the length of the pitch before firing past the goalkeeper and inside his near post. 9

Destiny Udogie

Brought balance to the left with his driving runs and at times moving inside to let Odobert go wide. Makes the team look better going forward. 7

Pape Matar Sarr

His energy really helped Spurs throughout, especially when they went down to 10 men. 7

Rodrigo Bentancur

Pressed from the off and won the ball back for Van de Ven's goal. An important cog in the Spurs wheel and they need him to repeat that against United. 8

Xavi Simons

Grabbed a great assist with his curling pass into Johnson's path. Tried to make things happened and should have had a second first half assist after teeing up Kolo Muani in front of goal and another ball to the Frenchman just before the interval that was headed over. Sacrificed for Palhinha after Johnson's red card and was understandably unhappy. 8

Brennan Johnson

Opening the scoring with a good run beyond the keeper and an excellent finish from out wide and outside the box. Set up Sarr for a headed chance with a run and cross. His red card was harsh and he'll now miss three games after what had been a bright performance up until that point. 7

Randal Kolo Muani

Started brightly from the off and should have scored twice before the break after good work from Xavi, one shot wide and the other headed over. Took a great touch before setting up Odobert for Spurs' second goal and showed plenty of quality on the night, other than those two misses. 7

Wilson Odobert

Linked up well with Xavi as the pair dovetailed down the left and through the centre. Deserved his goal from Kolo Muani's pass. Was involved in most of the good things Spurs did. 8

Subs

Joao Palhinha

Popped up with another goal with the finish from Romero's pass. 7

Djed Spence

Replaced Udogie late on and got down the left on a few occasions. 6

Richarlison

Sent a header and a penalty against the crossbar, both bouncing down on the wrong side of the goal line. 6

Kevin Danso

Helped Spurs defend their clean sheet after coming on for Romero. 6

Dane Scarlett

A really eye-catching late cameo with plenty of good touches and won the penalty that he was desperate to take himself in front of the south stand. 7