Thomas Frank was pretty pragmatic after the game, and described Brighton away as our most complete performance of the season:
“I know we conceded two goals, and it’s never that black and white. So one where we will say I should take it. The second one is, OK, we conceded a goal, that can happen, I think in phase one, we got out every time, more or less. We controlled it up there.
We created so many good opportunities, and had to counter-press and rest defending crosses. So there was a lot of the bits we like to do, because of that. And then on top of that, the mentality to come back from 2-0 down is so important.”
In truth, one player, Xavi Simons, dragged us to that equaliser himself. That’s the level of player we’ve been dying for, a game changer, who says to hell with it, I’ll do it, and becomes the creative spark, ball carrying, and a ‘can-do’ mentality.
His playing through the middle made such a difference to Spurs’ creativity. This needs to be the way forward – not an option on the bench. Our squad isn’t strong enough for that yet.