Tottenham Hotspur manager Thomas Frank believes his side showed signs of improvement despite their 5-3 defeat to European champions PSG in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday night.
Both sides had met in the 2025 UEFA Super Cup, with the French side winning on penalty shootout after a 2-2 draw in normal time.
Spurs had been criticized for their passive display in last Sunday’s 4-1 defeat to Arsenal in the North London derby, but a three-goal showing at the Parc des Princes will ease any doubts.
Speaking after the clash, Thomas Frank hailed his side’s improvement, but demanded more from them in their next clash.
“I’m very pleased with the performance. I liked the bounce-back from the last game”, Frank admitted.
“It was much more the identity of the team, the aggressiveness, the bravery, running, everything I was very pleased. The two strikers scoring three goals between them and Archie Gray and Lucas Bergvall were really good.”
Tottenham took the lead in the 35th minute through Richarlison, who headed in his third goal in as many matches, although Vitinha hit back with a brilliant effort to make the scores 1-1 heading into the break.
Randal Kolo Muani scored against his former side to put Spurs back in the lead, before goals from Vitinha, Fabian Ruiz and William Pacho completed the turnaround for the home side.
Kolo Muani got his second of the game to make the scoreline 4-3, although Vitinha completed his hat-trick four minutes later from the penalty spot to complete a 5-3 victory.
“But you can’t concede the two goals like we did if you want to here and Vitinha is the best midfielder in the world – he’ll win the next Ballon d’Or”, he continued.
“It was two completely different games – we saw much more of what I want. Today we competed. We saw a team with soul and character.”
PSG moved into second place on the 36-team standings, three points behind leaders Arsenal, while Spurs remain in 16th place with eight points so far.
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