Tottenham Hotspur once again struggled to create scoring chances from open play, but once again they were unstoppable on set pieces as center back Micky van de Ven scored twice in a 3-0 victory over Everton on Sunday.
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Below is the latest Thomas Frank reaction, speaking after Spurs trio of headed goals at Hill Dickinson Stadium.
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“Very happy to be able to go to here at Everton which is a very good team and they’ve been very good at home, a team that is always well set up under David Moyes. I’m extremely happy. Any away match that you win in the Premier League three-nil is super, super impressive. Extremely happy with many things, but I think first half we took control of the ball — phase one, phase two, more passes and controlled the game more — and the second half was a little bit more of a dogfight, which it can be in the Premier League.”
On both attacking and defending set pieces: “I think set pieces are so crucial. We all see it, there is more and more focus on it. It is a key area and I said it from the beginning when I came in: We wanted to really focus hard on it, in both boxes. We scored two very good goals [from set pieces] and the boys competed excellently in our own box.”
On Micky van de Ven scoring two goals: “Very happy with that. I’ve been after him a little bit since we came to the club, I think he had scored one header in his whole career. So we really worked hard on that, Micky really worked hard on that and now he’s got three [headed goals]. Two today is very good.”