Watford v Tottenham player ratings: Bachmann 7, Dennis 5; Kane 6, Skipp 7

Conte's unbeaten run as manager continues after Sanchez's late winner at Vicarage Road

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  WATFORD RATINGS: Daniel Bachmann – 7, Continued a spell in goal for the injured Ben Foster. Unfortunate not to keep his first clean sheet this season. Tipped over a decent effort from Kane in the second half before pulling off a great save to deny Son’s volley. Reuters

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  William Troost-Ekong – 6, The Nigerian will be heading to the AFCON in the coming weeks and was handed a much-needed start. He offered enough stability to keep Spurs’ at bay for the most part. Getty

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  Francisco Sierralta – 7, Made his first appearance since October against West Ham, and provided much needed solidity to the backline in the air. Getty

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  Craig Cathcart – 7, Worked well with Kucka dropping back to support him as a secondary right-back, which kept Spurs quiet on that wing. Reuters

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  Adam Masina – 6, Another player Claudio Ranieri will miss due to the AFCON having just returned from injury. Struggled as Spurs enjoyed some success on his side of the pitch. AP

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  Moussa Sissoko – 7, The former Spurs man has been ever-present under Claudio Ranieri and looked to haunt his former club, using his prior knowledge to close down and capitalise on his former teammates. AFP

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  Ken Sema – 6, Made his first Premier League start since August and saw his shot in the 25th minute lacking any kind of real power to concern Lloris. He offered little support to Masina, though improved after the break. AFP

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  Juraj Kucka – 7, Key in stopping Reguilon have his way on the wing, almost playing as an extra rightback alongside Cathcart to intercept and dispossess. AP

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  Imran Louza – 7, The Moroccan was dispossessed after a slightly overhit ball by Buchmann, which saw Skipp intercept and send Kane free on goal. Getty

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  Joshua King – 6, Forced himself into the game in the second half , with the Norwegian forcing Lloris into a full-stretch save to tip a great strike wide. Getty

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  Emmanuel Dennis – 5, He saw little with the Hornets pinned back, though he did dance around in the box after an early break… but his eventful low shot lacked power to trouble Lloris. Subbed at half time. AP

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  SUBS: Joao Pedro (Dennis 46’) – 6, Looked lively after coming off the bench at half-time but needed to do better with the free-kick he’d won, which soared into the crowd. Getty

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  Cucho Hernandez (Sema 90+10’) – N/A, A final substitution as Ranieri’s side hoped to rescue a point. Tom Cleverley (Louza 90+2’) – N/A, A late substitute for Watford after a lengthy delay due to a medical emergency in the crowd. Reuters

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  TOTTENHAM RATINGS: Hugo Lloris – 7, A spectator for much of the first half but forced into his first real action of the afternoon with a superb full-stretch save to keep Joshua King out after half-time, before coming out of his goal to stop Pedro’s run into the box. Reuters

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  Davinson Sanchez – 7, Put his defensive headers during the game to good use to head past Buchmann in the 97th minute and break the deadlock for Spurs. Reuters

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  Eric Dier – 7, Calm and assured in the backline, finding the lofted passes and dictating play to force Watford to play deep in their own half. Reuters

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  Ben Davies – 7, The Welshman kept his place after returning against Southampton and calmly went about his business at the back. Reuters

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  Emerson Royal – 6, Had much more success on the wing and was given much more space, but was largely unable to deliver any threatening crosses or find the end product. AFP

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  Oliver Skipp – 7, Returned to the starting line-up and continued to thrive under Conte, springing into action in possibly Spurs’ best opportunity of the first half to intercept an overhit ball to Louza for Kane to have a chance on goal. Booked. AP

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  Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg – 6, Hard worker in midfield during the first half, lofting some hopeful balls into the path of his teammates. Had a great chance to take an early lead with a half-volley from inside the box, which he couldn’t keep low enough. Reuters

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  Sergio Reguilon – 6, A shaky start by the Spaniard who kept finding himself an early target and dispossessed easily. He had a first-half strike that forced Bachmann into a save. AFP

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  Lucas Moura – 6, The 29-year-old returned to the starting line-up after a substitute appearance against Southampton, and his best chance went straight at Buchmann with a drive from the edge of the box. Reuters

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  Harry Kane – 6, Forced Bachmann into a early save but should have tucked the ball home when Skipp had dispossessed Louza. Showed great ability in the second half to weave away from Sierralta and get a decent shot away from 18-yards. Headed straight at Buchmann in the final seconds of the game. AP

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  Son Heung-min – 6, Scored the only goal in the last meeting between the sides but couldn’t find the target this time, his best opportunity of the afternoon tipped over. Reuters

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  SUBS: Harry Winks (Skipp 70’) – 6, Conte had said earlier in the week he can rely on Winks’ performances and he called for his midfielder as Spurs failed to find their rhythm. Reuters

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  Giovanni Lo Celso (Reguilon, 83’) – N/A, A late cameo for Lo Celso after recovering from a calf injury. AP

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  Bryan Gil (Moura 91’) – N/R, Eighth substitute appearance for the young winger. AFP

Davinson Sanchez grabbed a late winner as Tottenham defeated struggling Watford 1-0, a result that extended manager Antonio Conte's unbeaten start.

Watford put up a brave fight at Vicarage Road before Sanchez broke their resistance deep into stoppage-time. The Colombia defender's header handed Tottenham their fifth win in seven Premier League matches.

Conte, who is unbeaten after eight league games, thus continued to revive a club in turmoil when he was hired to replace Nuno Espirito Santo.

"The performance was positive because from the start until the end we controlled the game," Conte said.

"We were very good in creating chances, but in this game when you attack and don't score, sometimes you can lose the game on the counter attack.

"We have to improve the last pass. In the first half it was 29 crosses and 0 goals. It is important for us to improve the quality in the last pass because that gives you the possibility to score.

"To play so many games in a few days is not easy. This was the fifth game in 13 days."

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