Frank gives injury updates on two Spurs stars after Burnley draw | OneFootball

Thomas Frank confirmed that Cristian Romero and Pedro Porro are not injured despite being brought off in Tottenham’s 2-2 draw with Burnley at Turf Moor.

Romero’s late equaliser made sure Spurs did not lose three matches in a row in the Premier League, but Spurs still failed to win because of goals from Lyle Foster and Axel Tuanzebe, after Micky van de Ven had opened the scoring.

Porro was brought off just after half time for Destiny Udogie and Romero made way one minute before the full time whistle.

Frank gave updates on both of their fitness after the match.

“Romero was cramping in the end,” he said. “Pedro was physical, played a lot of minutes, we had more running power with Djed to the right and then Destiny in.”

After the draw, Frank was subject to many boos from the travelling Spurs fans. Frank was asked how he blocks this out.

“First and foremost, I want to thank them for travelling and supporting the team throughout the game,” he answered. “Which they do. I’m sure they can recognise and acknowledge especially the first half, and the improvement we’ve done there, and could and should have put it out of sight.

“But also acknowledge the will-power and character of the team that keeps running, keep fighting, to the end. We just need to keep going. We do so many things right. But there’s no doubt, that when it’s not dropping so easy for us, the consistent performances we’ve done, which I think I said that many times, they actually are in an OK level.

“But apparently because of where we are now, we need to do more, to make sure we get the wins over the line. Especially in the Premier League.

“And one of the bits is to play every third or fourth day, to perform, that demands a lot of mentality. We have a few injuries, that doesn’t help, but that’s part of it. Never any complaints from me, that’s reality. But that’s where we need to be strong enough as a team to keep performing every third or fourth day.”