Tottenham supervisor Thomas Frank felt his aspect ‘edged’ their Champions League win over Villarreal.
The previous Brentford boss was making his debut within the competitors and noticed an personal objective from goalkeeper Luiz Junior show to be sufficient to beat the Spanish aspect.
Within the second half Spurs dropped off, although, and centre-back Micky van de Ven was maybe lucky to solely see yellow for a foul because the final defender.
Frank stated: “I have positively realized you need to be pleased together with your wins and recognize them. I feel there was many good issues.
“We defended rather well and gave little away all through the sport towards a very good Villarreal aspect. I feel offensively we didn’t hit the best stage.
“There was positively a spell within the second half the place we determined let’s give it to the Villarreal guys after which we’ll dash again, that’s an excellent enjoyable factor.
“It was a really even sport that we simply edged.”
Spurs have began nicely underneath Frank, sitting third within the Premier League. This was a step up for his aspect and he’ll know that they must enhance towards the likes of Monaco and champions Paris St-Germain later within the 12 months.
He stated: “We now have an excellent basis to face on when it comes to our defensive organisation. I feel it’s good and we gave little away.
“That is the Champions League towards a very good crew. Additionally, we took a step ahead towards West Ham, offensively is the world we have to get higher.”