Thomas Frank responds to Tottenham fans booing after Bournemouth defeat

Thomas Frank says he understands Tottenham fans who booed the team in the 1-0 defeat to Bournemouth on Saturday.

Frank has now suffered his first Premier League defeat in charge of Spurs as Evanilson’s goal in the fifth minute was enough to secure the victory.

Spurs struggled to create chances throughout the game and registered just one shot on target.

Boos were heard at both half time and full time at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and Frank admits his side did not ‘hit the level we should’.

‘I would prefer them not to boo,’ Frank said when asked about the reaction from Spurs supporters.

‘But I understand it was not a good performance today and they have high expectations which is absolutely fair.

‘I think, let’s say we’ve performed even better and we still lose the football match, today I don’t feel like we hit the level we should.

‘I think the players gave everything, I think that’s their foundation, they put their heart out there but football-wise we didn’t hit our top level today.’

Frank added: ‘I think it’s fair to say we didn’t defend as well as we should do and we have done in the first three days, that I’m quite confident we’ll come back to defend well again.

‘I’d say the creativity, that’s why we signed Simons to have an extra offensive player.

‘But I also think on the day, with all due respect to our front four players, none of them hit a high level, and that happens sometimes.

‘I don’t want to say it’s okay but it’s natural.’

Asked what Simons can bring to his Spurs side, Frank replied: ‘I think he can bring on a day where our structure building up and all that, it’s not only about all that, then sometimes you need a player who can do a little bit out of nothing – go past a player, produce a cross, a shot, that extra quality you need on the day.’

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