Tottenham Hotspur’s terrible home form continued on Saturday, as Thomas Frank’s side barely had a sniff of goal and was beaten 1-0 by Chelsea on Joao Pedro’s first-half goal.
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Below is the latest Thomas Frank reaction, speaking after Spurs’ 14th loss to Chelsea in the sides’ last 18 meetings (all competitions).
Thomas Frank reaction — What did Spurs boss say after latest loss to Chelsea?
On Spurs’ poor home form: “I think we just need to keep working very, very hard on it, no doubt about that. Clearly we are building something that needs to add a lot of things, sometimes it’s very good but unfortunately today was not good and we are very irritated and frustrated about that.”
On the fans’ frustrations at full-time: “A fair point, I understand that. I think the fans started very well, I think they did everything they could to back the team throughout the game where we didn’t perform well. We met a Chelsea team that was better than us on the day. That’s it, we need to work hard to keep getting better. Clearly we couldn’t match their energy and intensity, I think that was part of it today.”
On the lack of energy and intensity: “There’s a lot of things that hurt today. I think we created very, very little — I don’t think I’ve ever managed a team that’s created that little [in a game] — so that’s part of many, many things and sometimes you can analyze too much. I think we lacked the freshness today, unfortunately.”
On Xavi Simons subbing on, then off: “The reason we started him on the bench was he just played two games with a short turnaround, 90 minutes Wednesday night. For him, of course it’s not that he can’t play, but that extra freshness and energy is part of decision making and it goes quick — being physically and mentally fresh — so I don’t think there’s too much in that. It’s just what it is.”
