Mass brawl after Tottenham vs Aston Villa speaks volumes of Thomas Frank problems

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A mass brawl broke out following Tottenham Hotspur's 2-1 defeat to Aston Villa. Ollie Watkins and Morgan Rogers celebrated the victory in front of the away fans, which didn't go down too well with Joao Palhinha, who was in close proximity.

Players and coaching staff from either side piled in as tempers boiled over. Kevin Danso and Ezri Konsa pulled Palhinha away, while Micky van de Ven and Dominic Solanke did their best to hold Rogers back.

Things eventually settled down, and Unai Emery's side celebrated the win with the travelling support. Meanwhile, a chorus of boos erupted at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium after another disappointing result.

The Lilywhites have now only won one of their last seven games across all competitions, and Thomas Frank is under pressure to turn things around. At Hotspur Way on Thursday, the Dane was asked whether he needs to make any signings in the January transfer window.

Keeping his cards close to his chest, Frank said: "I think there's a couple of things in it. I think the last five games we've played, Liverpool, Crystal Palace, Brentford, Sunderland and Bournemouth, I think it's been consistent, good competitive performance - through the roof, no, but good competitive, consistent performances.

"That's what you need in a long season. Those five games should have given us more than the five points we got. Probably eight, nine, 10 points and if you get that from those games, it's different. So, that's what we're focussing on."

The Spurs boss continued: "Overall, like the performance, it's my job to deal with all the scrutiny. No problem, I can face all the questions. I'll take all the blame. I'll take all that. Also, my job is to look through everything and look through the defeat last night."

Frank added: "The next thing is, it's almost, as you say, the perfect storm - and in a storm, someone is building fences and hiding them behind it, others are building windmills and getting stronger and getting more energy and learning from it."

Then, when asked if he'll be given time to improve Spurs' form, Frank said: "No doubt about that. I'm going to put it this way. Would we have loved to be higher in the table and get more points? 100 per cent.

"We work very hard every single day to make sure we perform well and land in the best possible position in every season," added the Dane. "I'm working hard with the staff, with the players, with the leadership. This is just a tough spell. We'll get through this."

On the Lilywhites' misfortune in the final third, Frank said: "We definitely want to do more. I think we've scored enough goals, not enough, but acceptable amount of goals."

And, on whether his style of football is 'entertaining enough', Frank said: "That's absolutely right. It's a fair question. That frustration of course I share is the ethos of the club.

"It's something we've been working very hard on. I see myself as above average intelligence. I'm very aware of that. My teams have always produced chances and scored goals and this team will do the same.

"I think it's fair to say that we may be lacking a bit of some of the tough, free-floating offensive players that we had here in the last season. That's part of the challenge.

"Then part of all the bits that we need to work hard on every day to improve is another area."