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Thomas Frank is speaking to reporters at his press conference after Tottenham's 3-2 defeat at Bournemouth on Wednesday night in the Premier League.
Mathys Tel opened the scoring within five minutes. The young Frenchman cut in off the left flank after a lovely backheel from Xavi Simons set him away and he stuck a low shot into the bottom right corner of the net.
The hosts levelled the score on 22 minutes when Evanilson found himself free in front of Tottenham captain Cristian Romero to head home Marcus Tavernier's cross. Nine minutes before the break Bournemouth took the lead with a similarly set up goal. It featured poor defending from Spurs again from a Tavernier cross from the left. It reached Marcos Senesi at the back of the box and he pulled it across for Junior Kroupi to fire into the net.
Substitute Richarlison sent a header against the post with 20 minutes to go of the game as the visitors chased an equaliser. They were awarded a penalty moments later after Micky van de Ven's long surging run ended with him tumbling in the box but referee Darren England was sent to his monitor and decided there was no foul as the Dutchman's leg hooked the defender's rather than the other way around.
The goal did come though on 78 minutes with a wonderful Joao Palhinha overhead kick after the ball bounced up in front of him from a corner.
Spurs went close to a winner with Van de Ven's header saved at full stretch by Dorde Petrovic but it was left to Antoine Semenyo to smash in a low shot in added time from outside the box in what was expected to be his final game for the club before a move to Manchester City.
Our Tottenham correspondent Alasdair Gold is among those putting the questions to Frank after the game. Scroll down for his latest updates from the press conference at the Vitality Stadium.
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