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Tottenham Hotspur have picked up another win under Thomas Frank, but Xavi Simons avoided disaster against Villarreal on Tuesday night.
Tottenham Hotspur are off the mark in the Champions League after beating Villarreal 1-0 in North London.
It perhaps wasn’t the triumphant evening Thomas Frank envisaged when idly dreaming of his first Champions League dalliance in a 30-year coaching career. Nor was it the stirring realisation of the shackle-releasing home start of the post-Levy era.
Thank you. I thought it was a big win. In any competition it's good to get three points and get a good start. I'm happy with that. I'm happy with the clean sheet. I'm happy with the defensive side of the game.
Spurs edged past Villarreal with a 1-0 victory at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Tuesday night, ensuring their Champions League campaign began on the right note.
Let’s take a look at the five things we learned from Tottenham 1-0 Villarreal:
It took Tottenham only four minutes to take the lead, though it came through fortuitous circumstances. Lucas Bergvall's low cross into Richarlison was easily cut out by Luiz Junior, but somehow the Villarreal goalkeeper fumbled the ball backwards over the goal line.
Luiz Junior’s own goal gifted Tottenham a 1-0 home victory over Villarreal on a night when Thomas Partey played before an appearance in court for rape and sexual assault charges.
Tottenham defender Micky van de Ven, speaking to Amazon Prime after Spurs' 1-0 win against Villarreal: "I think it was a tough one, not an easy one. We didn't play well but it was an important one.
Thomas Frank’s Spurs claimed three points on their Champions League return after the visiting goalkeeper spilled Lucas Bergvall’s fourth-minute cross in comical fashion, but it was Villarreal team-mate Partey who later took centre stage.