Published: 22:10, 1 November 2025 | Updated: 22:14, 1 November 2025

Thomas Frank admitted he was ‘massively hurt’ to have managed Tottenham’s lowest-ever expected-goals total in a Premier League game, adding he understood why his own players in Djed Spence and Micky van de Ven gave him the cold shoulder after full-time.

Spurs’ xG of 0.05 was the worst recorded by Spurs since the metric entered football in 2012. They were booed by their own supporters at the end of this loss to Chelsea, with Frank conceding he ‘100 per cent’ understood their outpouring of frustration.

Frank performed his usual post-match lap of appreciation to applaud those supporters left in the stadium, but a video by Chris Cowlin showed Spence and Van de Ven ignoring their manager when he tried speaking with them. Spence in particular appeared to wave his arms in disgust as they approached the tunnel.

‘The players are of course frustrated,’ Frank said when asked on the pair. ‘They like to do well, like to win, like to perform well, so I understand that. We can be consistent in good times...