Frank hails ‘mentality and character’ of Spurs gamers after rescuing late level in opposition to Bodo/Glimt
Tottenham Hotspur supervisor Thomas Frank praised his facet’s “mentality and character” after they got here from two objectives down to grab a degree of their Champions League conflict with Bodo/Glimt on Tuesday.
In what was a largely unconvincing efficiency from Spurs contained in the Artic Circle, a second-half Jens Hauge brace gave Bodo a deserved lead earlier than Micky van de Ven and a scrappy Jostein Gundersen personal aim late on salvaged a draw for the north Londoners.
It comes simply three days after one other late Spurs fightback when a stoppage-time strike from Joao Palhinha earned Frank’s crew a degree in opposition to Wolves within the Premier League.
And that resilience is a trait Frank was fast to focus on after the sport in Norway.
The Spurs boss mentioned: “The constructive is the mentality and the character of the gamers was superb. [We] stayed within the recreation, stored combating and that gave us an excellent level while you’re 2-0 down, away from residence within the Champions League, particularly in opposition to a Bodo crew who’re superb right here.
“So I’m completely satisfied that we acquired again into the sport, I feel that’s very constructive.
“I feel it’s truthful to say till 2-0 Bodo was higher than us. We all know they’re exceptionally good at what they’re doing. They’re very well-coached, that was clear to see.
“However after 2-0 I felt we had been one of the best crew within the final a part of the sport.”
When requested for causes for his facet’s underwhelming show, Frank refused to be drawn right into a debate about Bodo’s synthetic floor, however as a substitute chalked it as much as a foul day on the workplace and insisted he was happy with Spurs’ Champions League factors return thus far.
“It’s what it’s,” Frank mentioned. “I feel we might have stored the ball higher, little question about that. That may simply be on the day the place you didn’t hit your highest degree as a crew or as a participant. However an important factor is to maintain making an attempt and hold doing the correct factor.
“It’s vastly essential that we present that mentality and hold working and hold combating laborious.
“I feel 4 factors from the 2 video games is nice. That’s a nice begin and we have to work from right here.”
Tottenham are presently fourth within the Champions League desk. They subsequent journey to Monaco on 22 October however first have Premier League fixtures in opposition to Leeds United and Aston Villa.
