Frank greets the mentality and the character ‘of the players of the Spurs after having saved late Point against Bodo / Glimt

The director of Tottenham Hotspur, Thomas Frank, congratulated the “mentality and character” of his team after spending two goals to grasp a point of their clash in the Champions League with Bodo / Glimt on Tuesday.

In what was a largely unconvincing performance of the Spurs inside the Circle Artic, a Jens Hauge brace in the second half gave Bodo a deserved advance before Micky Van de Ven and a Jostein Gundersen of Jostein Gundersen late on the North match for the North Londoners.

It comes only three days after another fight to the Spurs, when a stopping time of Joao Palhinha earned the Frank team a point against the Wolves in the Premier League.

And this resilience is a feature that Frank quickly highlighted after the match in Norway.

The Spurs boss said: “The positive is the mentality and the character of the players was very good. (We) stayed in the game, we continued to fight and that gave us a very good point when you are 2-0, far from home in the Champions League, especially against a Bodo team which is very good here.

“So I’m happy that we are returned to the game, I think it’s very positive.

“I think it’s just to say that 2-0 Bodo was better than us. We know that they are exceptionally good in what they do. They are very well trained, it was clear to see.

“But after 2-0, I felt that we were the best team of the last part of the match.”