Thomas Frank has been analysing the performance of one of his slow starters.
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Tottenham boss Thomas Frank has been speaking about one of his players after Tuesday night's comprehensive win over Copenhagen. Brennan Johnson and Wilson Odobert put Tottenham ahead, although Johnson was sent of in the 57th minute.
That didn’t slow Tottenham down, though, with Micky van de Ven then scoring a cracker, while Joao Palhinha came off the bench to add another.
The win was an important one for Tottenham, who now have two wins and two draws from their first four Champions League games, and they have some trickier games still to come. It was also an important response to the weekend’s home defeat to Chelsea in the Premier League.
It has been a solid start to the season for Tottenham, but not everyone has hit the ground running. Summer signing Kolo Randal Muani has not been at his best since arriving on loan from PSG, and he couldn’t find the net on Tuesday night, either, but Frank admits the forward is not yet up to speed.
"I think he's just taking steps in the right direction and he's getting more and more fit,” Frank said. “I will still go as far as I don't think he's fully firing yet, but you can see he's such a handful to play against. The goal is a ball in behind where he just can't really control it, the defender and he's practically on the goalkeeper.
“Then he shows extreme composure to just take the ball down and a nice assist for Wilson. He's through two or three times and could have scored more. So I think he was a threat, probably also should have scored on the header."
Speaking abut the attacking line in more general terms, the Spurs boss added: “I think it was a step forward. I liked what I saw from Brennan, it was classic Brennan, running in behind. I really liked the assist from Xavi, very good assist from Xavi. So happy that it was a goal from Brennan, assist from Xavi.
“I liked bits from Wilson, and also of course he scored. I think Kolo looked like a handful, in many situations. He could easily have scored one or two goals maybe in the end. I think all of them have much more to come. But it was definitely a step forward."
Tottenham now turn their attention to the weekend’s Premier League clash with Manchester United as they look to get back to winning ways in the league.