Seen a coach sipping coffee from a cup bearing a rival club logo? That’s what happened with English Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur’s boss Thomas Frank when he was seen drinking coffee from a cup bearing Arsenal logo ahead of his side’s match against Bournemouth at Vitality Stadium on Wednesday night. With his team suffering a 2-3 loss against Bournemouth, the result meant that Frank’s side has scored only one wins out of their last five Premier League league matches and the coach was asked about the image going viral on social media and fans showing outburst post the match. The 52-year-old coach, who had taken over the role of Tottenham Hotspur’s coach after last year, explained his take on the issue with Arsenal being the last club to play at the venue and shared how he would never do such an act intentionally.
“They (Arsenal) have been in the changing room, the game before us. It’s normal to take a cup, give me an espresso – (I) do that before every game. I think, actually, it’s a little bit sad in football that I need to be asked a question about that. I think we’re definitely going in the wrong direction if we need to worry about me having a cup with another logo of another club – of course I would never do that, that’s extremely stupid.” Frank told reporters in a press conference when asked about the coffee cup bearing logo of Arsenal.
Last Premier League season, the club had finished 17th with 38 points and suffered 22 losses. This Premier League, the club has scored seven wins with Thursday’s loss being their sixth of the season. Mathys Tel scored the opener for the club in the match against Bournemouth before Evanilson and Eli Junior Kroupi scored a goal each for the hosts. Joao Palhinha then scored the equaliser for the visitors with 12 minutes remaining before Antonie Sermenya scored the winners five minutes into added time to set up the win for the hosts. Frank talked about the loss post the match. “I think it’s fair to say to everyone involved in Tottenham, it’s a tough one to take today. Hopefully everyone can see how hard we worked to get everything in the right direction. Overall the performance was good, especially the second half, in a game where we deserved to get more. That is extremely painful to be part of, so of course people are frustrated — that’s natural. It’s very tough to sit here right now and we haven’t got anything out of an overall a good performance,” Frank told reporters.
Frank had taken the role with Tottenham Hotspurs last year after the club sacked Australian Ange Postecoglou. The development had come despite the club winning the Europa League. “In Thomas we are appointing one of the most progressive and innovative head coaches within the game. He has a proven track record in player and squad development and we look forward to him leading the team as we prepare for the season ahead.” The club had said in its statement after Frank was appointed the coach.
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