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Thomas Frank has expressed his pride in Tottenham Hotspur after they fell short against Liverpool in the Premier League, but he is not nearly as happy with the officials.
Tottenham Hotspur are continuing to have a really disappointing Premier League campaign after a closely contested 2-1 defeat to Liverpool.
Spurs had moments of control throughout the game, but were let down by individual mistakes and a lack of imagination in attack.
During the match, a number of refereeing decisions were made in Liverpool’s favour and Thomas Frank believes these cost his side a point.
Thomas Frank slams VAR for the decisions against Tottenham
Spurs ended the match against Liverpool with just nine players on the pitch, while Cristian Romero appeared to be pushed by Hugo Ekitike before the Frenchman’s goal.
Frank might be pleased with his own team’s display, but he has slammed the performance of VAR for the calls which went against Spurs.
He told BBC MOTD: “First and foremost I’m extremely proud of the players and the team. I think they gave everything and showed unbelievable mentality and worked very hard on how to deal with setbacks.
“The way they responded to several setbacks was immense. The first one is the first red, which I think… I’ve seen it given before but I don’t like it.
“I don’t like those types of red cards because I think the game is gone if that’s a red card. I don’t think it’s reckless tackle. I don’t think it’s exceptional force. We have the referee call and that was a yellow so that’s why I don’t think that’s a red.
“We dealt well with that. The players stayed in the game, defended well, kept going. Then we concede the first goal, and then the second one is a big mistake. Two hands in the back from the striker – as far as I know the laws of football you are not allowed to do that.
“That’s fine to happen on the pitch, the referees are only human but then the VAR bails you out, which they didn’t do.
“We stayed in the game, kept going, scored a very good goal for 2-1 and keep fighting. Then I think the second yellow to Cuti [Romero], you have a little feel of the game. Two big boys fighting, Konate is going through him and his foot lands on his head, no yellow.
“Then there’s a little movement from Cuti but I don’t think it’s a second yellow when you feel the game. We stayed there and did well in terms of dealing with it.”
Frank has to be more critical of Spurs
It is not good enough for Frank to praise his team and blame VAR for everything that went wrong for Tottenham.
Xavi Simons was always running the risk of a red card due to the nature of his challenge and the push he mentions on Romero was very soft.
Ultimately, this was another match where Spurs were not good enough and if Frank wants to keep his job, he might want to focus more on fixing the issues instead of always looking to deflect.
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