Tottenham Hotspur supervisor Thomas Frank praised his aspect’s “mentality and character” after they got here from two objectives down to grab a degree of their Champions League conflict with Bodo/Glimt on Tuesday.
In what was a largely unconvincing performance from Spurs inside 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 group a degree towards Wolves within the Premier League.
And that resilience is a trait Frank was fast to spotlight after the sport in Norway.
The Spurs boss stated: “The constructive 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 while you’re 2-0 down, away from residence within the Champions League, particularly towards a Bodo group who’re superb right here.
“So I’m completely happy that we obtained again into the sport, I feel that’s very constructive.
“I feel 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 have been the most effective group 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 an alternative chalked it as much as a nasty day on the workplace and insisted he was happy with Spurs’ Champions League factors return up to now.
“It’s what it’s,” Frank stated. “I feel we may have saved the ball higher, little doubt about that. That may simply be on the day the place you didn’t hit your highest degree as a group or as a participant. However an important factor is to maintain attempting and hold doing the fitting factor.
“It’s massively vital that we present that mentality and hold operating and hold combating exhausting.
“I feel 4 factors from the 2 video games is sweet. That’s a superb begin and we have to work from right here.”
Tottenham are at the moment 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.
