Thomas Frank saluted his Tottenham players after beating Eintracht Frankfurt to clinch a place in the last 16 of the Champions League.
Spurs produced one of their best displays of the season and scored twice in the second half through Randal Kolo Muani and Dominic Solanke, to finish the league phase in fourth place, with 17 points and six clean sheets.
‘Very happy for the performance,’ beamed Frank. ‘The players showed great character, their mentality. We basically had 12 available players for Dortmund and in this game and in both games the players stepped up.
‘This game we were more or less in control from the beginning to the end. That’s a big thing. I need to say, we’ve seen some of the results in the Champions League tonight. We’ve seen some of the results throughout the league phase. There’s no easy games.
‘So, we’re sitting here with 17 points, ending, finishing fourth in the group stage, sixth clean sheet. I think it’s very impressive.’
Kolo Muani, who had been involved in a car accident on the eve of the game, was the hero of the night, scoring against one of his former clubs as he did against Paris Saint-Germain.
Thomas Frank hailed Randal Kolo Muani after he scored for Tottenham in Frankfurt
The striker scored the opener in their 2-0 Champions League win – a day after being in a crash
His Ferrari Purosangue suffered a front right tyre blowout on the M25 as he travelled to the airport the day before the game
He started ahead of Solanke up front and excelled from the very start, and scored the opener from close range, early in the second half.
‘He was ready,’ said Frank. ‘Of course, if there was any doubt that he couldn’t play, then we wouldn’t have done it. But he was fine and no physical aspect or mental aspect from the accident.
‘I was very happy that he scored the goal. Actually, he looked like a threat. He has had great actions throughout the game. So I’m very happy he got the goal and I said to him, please start scoring against others than your former clubs, that would be nice.
‘We know when you come to a new club, a new country, it’s never straightforward and never in the Premier League. I hope this will give him some confidence.’
