Thomas Frank talked about the pressure piling up on Tottenham performances at home.
Spurs struggled to create anything in a 1-0 defeat to Chelsea in their derby at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The team have picked up just four points from their first five Premier League fixtures at their ground, and media and fans alike are growing frustrated.
The volume of the noise is something that the new head coach is getting used to, but he is embracing the pressure as part and parcel of the game.
“I think there are different types of games. Sometimes, also because everything is accumulating or adding a little bit up, so the number you gain is not a fantastic number. We haven't won at home the last whatever games in the Premier League. Not too many. Completely different games. Some teams are very difficult to play against in that environment. Others are a little bit easier.
“Everything is difficult but, for example, Aston Villa, I think very good competitive performance. Unfortunately, we lost. It just went the wrong way. We could easily have won 1-0. I think Saturday night is an accumulation of a lot of things - a big London derby, always hope we can beat them, we haven't won against them for a long time and that's just added a bit.
“I also think it's fair to say that we're coming off the back of, in many ways, a fantastic season, but also a tough season. If anyone had said that we now have been 17 points after 10 games unbeaten in the Champions League, I don't know what we are – fifth? It doesn't matter where we are now. It's where we are at the end of the season. Everything is not perfect, but there is a decent foundation.
“I think the fans were fantastic the first 30 minutes of the game on Saturday night. I think the noise was incredible and that carried us forward. It seems there was a little bit of a turning point when we conceded the goal. We all get a little bit frustrated, which is natural.
“Of course, I sense there is a tiny bit more attention to everything, but that was the one thing I was 1,000% sure of that would happen. That would be different. Everything else has been the same - 20 fantastic players and people that want to work in the same direction.
“A little bit tactical, technical, coaching, all that. This [media] is the biggest difference. I'm very, very happy I'm not on social media. The only reason I sense there can be something with fans or creativity, it's a lot of questions from the press conferences. It is what it is. It's part of it. No problem.
“I like to speak more about how much [the players look at social media]. Some of the players are very good at it, some of them probably could be a little bit better. I think it's a bit down to individual. I also think some of it also... I like to say I'm still young, but it's another generation. They deal with it in another way than us. If I should start dealing with it, I think I'll deal with it less good than them.”