Thomas Frank admitted it was “about time” Mohammed Kudus scored after his second-half strike earned Tottenham a 2-1 victory at Leeds. The £55m summer season signing had not discovered the web in 9 video games however his deflected 57th-minute shot sealed a formidable win.
Kudus additionally supplied the help for the opener by Mathys Tel, who notched his first of the marketing campaign, however Noah Okafor levelled for Leeds earlier than Kudus's strike proved decisive.
“I'm happy for Mo to get his objective and it was about time, and I'm so completely satisfied for Mathys as properly,” stated Frank. “The character he has proven as a younger man from day one has actually impressed me after the setback of not being within the Champions League squad. He trains properly and was prepared immediately.”
Victory lifted Spurs as much as second earlier than the rest of Saturday's different Premier League matches after they started the day in fifth and continued their spectacular begin below the previous Brentford supervisor, this their fourth league win below Frank.
Tottenham may properly have buckled in this sort of recreation final season, after they endured their worst Premier League marketing campaign, leading to Ange Postecoglou's sacking. Spurs have gained three of their opening 4 away Premier League video games this season, which is as many as of their closing 13 away league video games of final season below the Australian.
Frank added: “I'm extraordinarily pleased with the win. If you wish to construct any profitable workforce, you want mentality, character, cohesion and togetherness irrespective of in case you play like Inter or Barcelona. Regardless of the model of play, you want that willingness to do every thing to win and I feel we're constructing that increasingly within the workforce.
“We created two objectives and different very harmful conditions and possibilities, so after all I'm delighted with the beginning we've made. Fourteen factors in seven video games – averaging two factors per recreation – is excellent and I'm extraordinarily completely satisfied that on the street we've got gained three and drawn one. It's a superb begin, however we have to proceed.”
His Leeds counterpart, Daniel Farke, minimize a pissed off determine as his aspect misplaced at house within the league for the primary time in additional than a 12 months. However the German additionally took the positives, particularly as Spurs have been left hanging on on the finish with Guglielmo Vicario's tremendous save denying Joël Piroe a stoppage-time equaliser.
“We have now to take our possibilities and hope the goalkeeper is just not the person of the match, however we must always have hit the goal with just a few of our possibilities,” Farke stated. “Nonetheless, we performed one of many nation's prime sides and have been the higher aspect. That's encouraging and I'm pleased with how far we've got come.”
Leeds followers have been indignant at referee Thomas Bramall's officiating, however Farke insisted: “I've to be a bit cautious, I don't wish to remark in public. I go away it with others to touch upon the referee, I touch upon what I can affect.”
