Tottenham Hotspur supervisor Thomas Frank praised his aspect’s “mentality and character” after they got here from two targets down to grab a degree of their Champions League conflict with Bodo/Glimt on Tuesday.
In what was a largely unconvincing efficiency from Spurs contained in the Artic Circle, a second-half Jens Hauge brace gave Bodo a deserved lead earlier than Micky van de Ven and a scrappy Jostein Gundersen personal purpose late on salvaged a draw for the north Londoners.
It comes simply three days after one other late Spurs fightback when a stoppage-time strike from Joao Palhinha earned Frank’s crew a degree towards Wolves within the Premier League.
And that resilience is a trait Frank was fast to focus on after the sport in Norway.
The Spurs boss mentioned: “The optimistic is the mentality and the character of the gamers was superb. [We] stayed within the recreation, saved combating and that gave us an excellent level once you’re 2-0 down, away from dwelling within the Champions League, particularly towards a Bodo crew who’re superb right here.
“So I’m pleased that we received again into the sport, I believe that’s very optimistic.
“I believe it’s honest to say till 2-0 Bodo was higher than us. We all know they’re exceptionally good at what they’re doing. They’re very well-coached, that was clear to see.
“However after 2-0 I felt we had been the very best crew within the final a part of the sport.”
When requested for causes for his aspect’s underwhelming show, Frank refused to be drawn right into a debate about Bodo’s synthetic floor, however as a substitute chalked it as much as a nasty day on the workplace and insisted he was happy with Spurs’ Champions League factors return to date.
“It’s what it’s,” Frank mentioned. “I believe we may have saved the ball higher, little question about that. That may simply be on the day the place you didn’t hit your highest stage as a crew or as a participant. However an important factor is to maintain attempting and maintain doing the appropriate factor.
“It’s massively necessary that we present that mentality and maintain working and maintain combating arduous.
“I believe 4 factors from the 2 video games is nice. That’s a high-quality begin and we have to work from right here.”
Tottenham are at present fourth within the Champions League desk. They subsequent journey to Monaco on 22 October however first have Premier League fixtures towards Leeds United and Aston Villa.
