Brentford had been held to a goalless draw with Tottenham on Thomas Frank’s return to his former membership as Spurs supporters sang “boring, boring Tottenham” on the Gtech Neighborhood Stadium.
Frank joined Spurs in the summertime after six-and-a-half years answerable for Brentford and earned a 2-0 victory over his outdated facet simply 26 days in the past, however they struggled to pose a risk in west London because the away followers misplaced endurance with their efficiency, booing them off at half-time and full-time.
Spurs followers sang the songs of their former stars like Dele, Moussa Dembele, Eric Dier and even former boss Martin Jol throughout the first half after which delivered a damning ‘boring, boring Tottenham’ late within the second interval.
Requested the place supporters have to be extra understanding, Frank mentioned: “That question is very difficult for me to answer. We are going off a few boos after the game and I’m not reading anything on social media or articles.
“I watch the crew and I am very conscious that we aren’t the place I need us to be.”
Tottenham, although, did have extra pictures on the right track than Brentford and recorded extra xG than the hosts, however goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher was untroubled by the toothless assault.
Frank has made his mark on Spurs, with this their seventh clear sheet of the season within the Premier League, greater than the six underneath Ange Postecoglou throughout the whole lot of final season.
A colorless first half from either side noticed Brentford’s Kevin Schade have a fifth-minute tap-in dominated out for offside whereas Archie Grey’s goal-bound header was crucially blocked by Nathan Collins for Spurs.
Brentford improved after the break, in contrast to Tottenham. Spurs captain Cristian Romero, again from suspension, was lucky to flee a possible pink card for his last-man foul on Igor Thiago, who was introduced down when the defender missed his clearance after which dealt with the ball.
“I thought it was a red card,” mentioned Brentford boss Keith Andrews. “I felt Spurs were very lucky.”
A minute later, Grey went down within the field underneath a problem from Schade which went unpunished by referee Andy Madley earlier than the VAR cleared the incident.
The hosts’ Keane Lewis-Potter missed his kick when well-placed within the field, whereas Thiago skied an effort from shut vary. Vitaly Janelt additionally pressured a very good save from Guglielmo Vicario with a header as Spurs held on for some extent.
Frank: Defence was wonderful however we lacked leading edge
Tottenham boss Thomas Frank:
“The positive is that against a very good home team that you need to respect with the results they’ve had where they’re beating Liverpool, Man United, Newcastle, Villa, drawing with Chelsea, and keeping them to that low amount of chances, chances and seven shots in total.
“That is a really, very sturdy defensive efficiency. I believe the again 4 did excellently, the entire crew did excellently.
“The amount of unforced errors is the biggest negative, and that’s the bit that then takes out eight, nine, half transitions where you’re not getting into good positions. And then when we were up there, we lacked the cutting edge on the day.”
Andrews: Spurs revered us
Brentford boss Keith Andrews:
“We edged it in the second half, for sure. If anyone was going to go and win the game, I felt it would be us. I felt we were building momentum, we were sustaining attacks, we were getting into good areas.
“The best way they had been taking part in, slowing the sport down, not wanting us to achieve momentum, it was all the time going to be tough to only hold that going. I felt we did and I felt we created just a few first rate alternatives. Sadly, we could not take them.
“Thomas knows his club better than I do. So, he’s very aware of what can happen here. And when the electricity starts to get going within the stadium, the fans, the players feed off that, vice versa, it’s a very dangerous place to come and play.
“I believed he was very respectful of the surroundings and what we will produce as a crew right here. And he did his greatest to nullify that.”
