The response Frank acquired from the Tottenham supporters was a serious distinction to the standing ovation he obtained from the Brentford trustworthy when he stepped on to the pitch earlier than the match.
The Dane spent seven years answerable for the Bees earlier than making the swap to Spurs and was requested if he was having fun with the problem.
“When you should put in an enormous, large shift and it is not clean and it is robust, it is in all probability tough to get pleasure from it,” stated Frank.
“If I run exhausting, I do not get pleasure from that second, however I do know I have to hold my head down and run exhausting to get by way of it to get my health up, or win a race, or no matter.
“We’re in a scenario the place you should run exhausting, to remain in it, to get by way of it.
“On the opposite facet, once we look again on this spell or perhaps this primary 12 months when it was robust, you will suppose what a studying, what an expertise, it made us so a lot better for the longer term.”
Spurs have saved seven clear sheets beneath Frank within the Premier League this season, having solely picked up six in 2024-25 with Ange Postecoglou in cost, and there are clear indicators of restoration.
They received 1-0 at Crystal Palace previous to the Brentford journey.
Frank accepts there are nonetheless additional areas for enchancment however insists there are many causes to be optimistic.
“It isn’t excellent, we wish to be a free-flow crew,” Frank stated.
“A number of issues I went to bolster positively is our final two away performances. The inspiration we had been constructing was very robust and we had been very robust defensively. That’s massively necessary and we understood methods to shut down their transitions.
“We’re working very exhausting on the offensive a part of the sport.
“Soccer is a recreation of errors. You lose the ball, that occurs – but when half of these may be higher, it would present extra assaults.”
Frank was unable to name on a number of key figures on Thursday as he continues to take care of a prolonged absentee checklist.
James Maddison, Dominic Solanke and Dejan Kulusevski are amongst these on the sidelines with accidents, whereas Xavi Simons is serving a suspension.
“Expectation is sweet and I additionally suppose we’re in all probability in a little bit of a transition,” Frank stated.
“Not that we do not wish to play lots higher, however the membership, the squad, the accidents, all that considered is a part of that.”
Tottenham return to motion on Sunday when Sunderland go to north London at 15:00 GMT.













