Spurs were thrashed in the north London derby at the weekend
Building: Thomas Frank
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Thomas Frank insisted he knows how to build Tottenham as a team and a club as he looks to bounce back from a difficult run.
Spurs have won just three of their last 11 matches in all competitions and were heavily beaten 4-1 by north London rivals Arsenal on Sunday.
That was a painfully timid performance and Spurs have had only a couple of days to prepare for a Champions League trip to holders Paris Saint-Germain.
The pressure is starting to build on Frank, with concerns over Spurs' struggles in attack intensified by turgid displays against Arsenal and Chelsea, but the Dane is adamant his side will come out the other side of this run.
"One thing I'm 1000% sure of is I know how to build a team, I know how to build a club," Frank said.
"We will do that. Along the way we will learn and the big thing is how we learn from the bad spells because that's when we can see when we go 1-0 down, how do we react as a team.
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"The best teams they continually just move on. They still run hard, they still do the same things. There's no doubts in that.
"First four months, I've learned a lot about the team. I've learned a lot about the individual players. All that learning needs to materialise to how we find the right formula with the right players on the pitch and also with some players coming back.
"And then we play every third day. That's the big challenge but that's what I embrace."
Spurs did not have a single shot in the first half against Arsenal and are now responsible for the two lowest xG totals in the Premier League this season.
Frank watched the match back and put the defeat down to his side's failure to compete in duals, a weakness he insisted would not be repeated against PSG.
"We had 53 situations where it was a duel, second ball situation," Frank said of the north London derby.
"We came out on top in 17 of those, lost 36. If you don't do that, that is the basic. Then it's very difficult to win football matches.
"Tomorrow we are facing another of the best teams in Europe away from home so it's a nice challenge that we're 100% up for.
"I'm convinced that we'll bounce back with a good performance."
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