Top rated First Division players 1980/81

7,16 Frans Thijssen (Ipswich, left)
7,09 Osvaldo Ardiles (Tottenham)
7,08 Alan Evans (Aston Villa)
7,05 Arnold Mühren (Ipswich, right)
7,04 Jimmy Rimmer, Dennis Mortimer (Aston Villa), Mick Channon (Southampton)
7,03 Mark Wallington (Leicester), Tommy Hutchison (Man City), Graeme Souness (Liverpool)
7,01 Gerald Gow (Man City)
7,00 Jeffrey Wealands (Birmingham), Russel Osman, Alan Brazil (Ipswich), Steve Hunt (Coventry), Brian Horton (Brighton)

Ipswich Town ratings 1980/81

League and UEFA Cup. Ratings: Match Weekly.

7,29 Frans Thijssen
7,24 Russell Osman
7,20 Terry Butcher
7,13 Arnold Mühren
7,07 Alan Brazil
7,06 John Wark
7,00 Paul Cooper
6,93 Paul Mariner
6,87 Mick Mills
6,82 Eric Gates
6,80 George Burley
6,62 Steve McCall
6,00 Kevin O'Callaghan     

Player ratings Everton 2, Man City 0.

1-0 32' Osman, 2-0 93' Jelavic. Sent off: 61' Pienaar. Att: 36.519.
Everton: Ján Mucha 7,00 - Johnny Heitinga 6,60, Seamus Coleman 6,80, Sylvain Distin 6,60, Leighton Baines 6,40 - Leon Osman 7,00, Darron Gibson 6,10, Steven Pienaar 5,20, Kevin Mirallas 6,50 (70' Steven Naismith 5,90) - Victor Anichebe 6,30 (90' Nikica Jelavic), Marouane Fellaini 6,40. - coach: Moyes. = average: 6,40 [strong]
Man City: Joe Hart 6,10 - Matija Nastasic 5,60, Kolo Touré 5,60 (84' Scott Sinclair), Pablo Zabaleta 5,80, James Milner 5,20 (83' Gaël Clichy), Aleksandar Kolarov 5,20, Javi García 5,50, Gareth Barry 5,10 (70' Samir Nasri 5,30), Carlos Tévez 5,90, David Silva 5,40 - Edin Dzeko 5,20. - coach: Mancini. = average: 5,49 [poor]