Brobbey equaliser leaves Frank rueing Spurs' shortcomings

Thomas Frank rued attacking shortcomings but defended the sale of Brennan Johnson after Tottenham were held to a draw by Sunderland that produced more boos from supporters at the full-time whistle.

- Billy Munday

Having taken the lead in the first half through Ben Davies, Spurs had chances to go further ahead before being pegged back by Brian Brobbey’s 80th-minute equaliser.

An injury to Mohammed Kudus, who was forced off before the 20th minute with a muscle problem, comes after Frank’s forward options were weakened by the sale of Johnson to Crystal Palace for £35m. Without the suspended Xavi Simons, serving the last of his three-match ban, they lacked, in Frank’s words, “a cutting edge”.

“The big headline is: we didn’t score the 2-0 goal,” Frank said. “The first half was very good, I think we were totally dominant. Second half, not as dominant but we still had some good counterattack situations where we need to get more out of it. You can’t rely on, in the Premier League, just to win 1-0.”