Frank impressed with his side’s performance despite the loss in the UEFA Super Cup against PSG on penalties.
‘Very, very proud’: Thomas Frank hails Tottenham players after PSG defeat.
Thomas Frank called the Tottenham side who came within two minutes of defeating Paris Saint-Germain in the Uefa Super Cup “very, very proud.” After wasting a two-goal lead and losing on penalties, their new management was left to lament that they were unable to influence the result of the shootout.
Frank’s stay seemed to have taken off after goals from Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven, but Lee Kang-in and Gonçalo Ramos put a stop to the festivities. However, the manner his players thrashed their star-studded opponents for the opening three quarters of the game gave the Dane plenty of motivation.
“Very, very proud of the players, the team, the club, the fans,” he said. “I think the players gave everything against one of the best teams in the world, maybe the best. I think for 75 to 80 minutes we were perfect, almost giving nothing away.”
Tottenham were decisively undone when Van de Ven and Mathys Tel missed in the shootout but Frank was in no mood to apportion blame. “It’s down to the smallest of margins, like the flip of a coin,” he said. “I’d like to thank all the players who stepped up, were brave and took responsibility.”
We showed that we can be adaptable and pragmatic, and we needed to be against a team like PSG,” he said. “The way we wanted to defend, high pressure and low defending, was top, almost perfect, and also the set pieces were very good and dangerous.”