Thomas Frank began his Tottenham Hotspur career with a 3-0 victory over Burnley on Saturday, as summer signing Mohammed Kudus found Richarlison for the first two goals and Brennan Johnson added the exclamation point for the former Brentford boss.
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Below is the latest Thomas Frank reaction, speaking after his Premier League debut as Spurs boss.
What did Thomas Frank say after beating Burnley in Spurs debut?
“Perfect start or dream start we all know we need to follow up on it. Today I will just enjoy it and I hope the players, the club and the fans enjoy it because that is important. I think overall it was a good performance, not through the roof. A good performance against a difficult opponent. It’s never easy in the Premier League we know that and after the very short turnaround against PSG. No complaints.
“If there are two days, three days, four days, one day [between games], I will make sure I do everything I can to get the team ready. But just a reminder that PSG are playing tomorrow night and we play today. I don’t know who decides that, but the ones who decide that maybe need to think a little bit about the players. But, big positive our medical department and performance department did a top job to make sure the players were ready to go. I think we had eight starters again, so that I am happy with.”
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“I’m very happy [with the midfield]. Pape [Matar Sarr] I have praised so much, so I will not say so much about him today. I will give the praise a little bit to others. Archie Gray did well, I think. Fine first half, really grew into it in the second half and as a reminder to myself and everyone else young players take a little bit of time. It can’t be we put them out there and suddenly they are exceptional. That demands incredible, incredible, incredible talents. Normal, very, very good talents, which I think Archie is and [Lucas] Bergvall is, that demands some time, so happy with his performance. Lucas overall was very good as well. Top actions from both players.”
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“It’s fair to say [Richarlison] hasn’t played in every game in the past three or four years so we need to be smart with him. There are various ways. It could be to come off in games after a certain amount of time, or come off the bench, or to play five games in a row.”