Thomas Frank on Randal Kolo Muani: "It takes time - hopefully there's even more to come..."

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Thomas Frank has said all along that we'll see the best of Randal Kolo Muani when he's fully match fit - and we certainly got an indication of what he's capable of with a superb showing against his parent club PSG in a UEFA Champions League MD5 thriller on Wednesday evening.

Hit by two injury setbacks in his first three months on loan from PSG, Randal was a handful for the likes of Marquinhos and Willian Pacho all night - providing the assist for Richarlison's opener before two clinical finishes to make it 2-1 and then 4-3 as the UCL holders eventually ran out 5-3 winners at the Parc des Princes.

Speaking to SPURSPLAY afterwards, it was put to Thomas that he'd always said that there would be more and more to come from the France international striker. "Yeah, and we definitely saw some of that, no doubt," he said.

"We're all impatient. I'm impatient, everyone is impatient, but Randal is coming into the club late, with no pre-season. That means he's not at the fitness level he needs to be - he's still not at the fitness level he needs to be. Then he's getting two setbacks and that's why it just takes time, unfortunately, but tonight you saw some of that."

Asked further about Randal in his post-match press conference, Thomas said: "Today we saw what hopefully we can expect. I think even two goals and an assist in every game is probably too much. I would love to get that every single game!

"As I said the whole time, he came in late with no pre-season, not top fit, had two setbacks, especially with the dead leg and then the broken jaw. Today we saw more of it. He's still not top fit, so hopefully we'll come even more.”