Thomas Frank reaction: What did Spurs manager say after draw vs Manchester United?

Thomas Frank has been reflecting on a dramatic draw for his Tottenham Hotspur side against Manchester United.

And it was tough for him to hide his disappointment as Matthijs de Ligt scored a 96th-minute equalizer.

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Here’s the latest Thomas Frank reaction from north London.

Thomas Frank reaction

On how he feels about the draw to TNT Sports: “I think the very big positive from this game is our performance but especially the second half. Where we stick to the game plan, stick to the structure, stay in the game. Kept doing the right thing, kept believing. Which of course that is huge when we look back at the Chelsea game and we haven’t won that much at home and all that. We know it is out there. To keep going, don’t get attracted to stuff we shouldn’t do. Then we come back and score a brilliant goal and then get to 2-1 up and of course you are disappointed with that late of the goal, with 11 against 10. That is just football. How many times have we seen it? The positive is the players’ reaction and how they kept going.”

On his subs having a big impact: “Yeah, definitely, we talk about it all the time, it is not necessarily 11 starters. It is the players coming on. It is the squad throughout the whole season that is the most important thing.”

On how difficult it is to have so many attacking players out injured: “Of course it is difficult. But that is why you have a squad that need to step up and you need to make it work. That is my job. But again on the flip side I don’t know any coach who doesn’t want his best players on the pitch. I think today was a good step forward.”

On crosses into the box finally paying off: “In the first half we had a massive chance with Richarlison, he has a free header and needs to do better. He is so good at that. There is something in ‘where is the opportunity and where is the gaps?’ In open play maybe a bit down the side and down the outside of the center backs but because they sink in and leave a lot in the box, I think there is good opportunities for the crosses.”

On Xavi Simons: “I think again it was a positive step in the right direction. I think had a good game against Copenhagen. Of course it is a different opponent today. I think he worked hard, landed on the right second balls, he was involved in the right actions, and I think he’s getting closer and closer to a high level.”

On what he wants Spurs to do better: “I think we need to acknowledge it is two very even teams, they probably want to defend quite well, we want to defend quite well. That doesn’t makes it easy to get big chances. I think we gave five shots away in the game. That is on paper an unbelievable defensive performance. That is why in many ways it was a positive performance.”

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