DEADLY IN EVERY WAY’ – THOMAS FRANK RAVES ABOUT FOUR MAN UNITED PLAYERS AFTER DRAMATIC TOTTENHAM DRAW… HIS TAKE ON ONE STAR HAS FANS BUZZING!

BRYAN MBEUMO OPENED THE SCORING WITH A TERRIFIC HEADER FOR UNITED, BEFORE MATTHIJS DE LIGT SALVAGED A POINT WITH A DRAMATIC HEADER AFTER MATHYS TEL AND RICHARLISON HAD EACH SCORED FOR THE HOME SIDE TO FLIP THE GAME ON ITS HEAD.

RUBEN AMORIM WAS FRUSTRATED BY HIS SIDE’S INABILITY TO BUILD UPON THEIR FIRST-HALF DOMINANCE AND WAS DEALT A FRESH INJURY SCARE WHEN BENJAMIN SESKO TOOK A BLOW TO HIS KNEE IN THE SECOND HALF. THE SLOVENIAN HAD BEEN NAMED ON THE BENCH FROM THE START AS AMORIM REVERTED TO A FLUID FORWARD LINE THAT USED MATHEUS CUNHA AS A FALSE NINE AND AMAD DIALLO AS AN ATTACKING MIDFIELDER.

THOMAS FRANK PRAISES UNITED ATTACK

SPEAKING AFTER THE 2-2 DRAW ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON, TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR HEAD COACH THOMAS FRANK PILED THE PRAISE ON MANCHESTER UNITED’S ATTACK. WHEN ASKED SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE DECISION TO PLAY BRYAN MBEUMO ON THE LEFT OF A FRONT THREE, THE SPURS BOSS SAID: “I THINK IT’S NOT THE FIRST TIME RUBEN HAS, HOW CAN YOU SAY, PLAYED AROUND WITH THE FRONT THREE. I THINK NO MATTER WHERE BRYAN PLAYS, HE’S A THREAT, WHICH HE SHOWED AGAIN TODAY.”

WHEN ASKED FOR HIS ANALYSIS OF THE TOTTENHAM PERFORMANCE, FRANK ALSO PRAISED THE MANNER IN WHICH HIS SIDE MANAGED TO LIMIT UNITED’S FORWARD LINE TO JUST FIVE EFFORTS DURING THE MATCH. HE ADDED: “OF COURSE, THE EMOTIONS INSIDE ME ARE HIGH, BUT I TAKE THE POSITIVES OUT OF THIS GAME. THAT’S WHAT I BELIEVE AND HOW I BELIEVE IN BUILDING A GOOD TEAM AND KEEP ADDING LAYERS TO IT.

OVERALL, A FINE PERFORMANCE AGAINST A GOOD MAN UNITED TEAM, WHICH IS DEFINITELY IN FLOW. WE ARE TALKING A BIT ABOUT OUR, HOW CAN YOU SAY, LEVEL OF DEFENSIVE/ATTACKING THREATS, AND TO PLAY AGAINST A MAN UNITED SIDE THAT PLAY WITH CONFIDENCE WITH CUNHA, MBEUMO, AMAD AND SESKO COMING ON, AND WE KEPT THEM TO FIVE SHOTS. IT’S JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE ON THE OTHER WAY AROUND THAT IT’S NOT THAT EASY TO CREATE IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD ALL THEIR BIG BOYS OUT THERE.

SECOND HALF, I WAS EXTREMELY HAPPY WITH OUR RESPONSE. WE ARE PLAYING AT HOME AND OF COURSE WE ALL WANT TO WIN AND DON’T TALK TOO MUCH ABOUT (TOTTENHAM’S BAD) HOME FORM AND ALL THAT. I KNOW WE NEED TO WIN BEFORE WE DON’T TALK ABOUT IT. THE WAY WE TURNED IT AROUND TO STAY IN THE GAME, KEPT DOING THE RIGHT THING THROUGHOUT THE SECOND HALF VERY HAPPY WITH THAT. SO CLOSE TO WINNING IT. ON ANY OTHER DAY, WE WIN IT.”