Tottenham's secret weapon emerges as Thomas Frank delivers on his prediction

Tottenham Hotspur boss Thomas Frank has praised one of the members of his backroom staff after the club's impressive start to the season.

Spurs claimed a 3-0 victory against West Ham on Saturday evening to move on to nine points from their first four fixtures. Pape Matar Sarr, Lucas Bergvall and Micky van de Ven scored the goals for Tottenham in their away trip to the London Stadium.

Tottenham have now kept clean sheets in three of their four Premier League matches, with the only goal conceded coming in their 1-0 defeat to Bournemouth last month.

Frank praised assistant coach Matt Wells following the win over West Ham while explaining the reason behind Tottenham's clean sheet success in the early weeks of the season.

"I think it's hugely important that we are good defensively," Frank told reporters on Saturday night at the London Stadium. "Obviously we want to score, want to play forward, want to play offensive football, we've scored eight goals, clearly we want to score goals.

"But over so many, many games, that foundation, being able to get clean sheets is key. It's something we worked very hard on throughout the pre-season.

"The players deserve a lot of praise. All the coaches. And especially Matt Wells, that really drives that.

"And I have a big, big, big focus. I said that's the first aim when I walked in the building."

Spurs will now prepare for their first Champions League match of the season, where they will face Villarreal at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Tuesday night. After that, Frank and Co. will turn their attention back to the Premier League, where they will take on Brighton at the Amax Stadium next weekend.

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