MARVEL, ARCH

Gray lifts the gloom that has been hanging over his boss

- BY JOHN CROSS

THIS time Thomas Frank got a much-needed reward after being made to suffer on the touchline.

In the grand scheme of things, it was hardly the most convincing win for Tottenham, but you suspect that will not bother Frank in the slightest.

After a thoroughly dismal run of just one win in their previous eight Premier League games, the spotlight and pressure is on a manager struggling to convince the Spurs fanbase that he is the right man for the job.

Tottenham fans are crying out for free-flowing, entertaining and attacking football and all they got was a scrappy Archie Gray header from a set-piece.

Spurs striker Richarlison saw two efforts ruled out for offside after VAR checks - the second in particular was pretty unforgivable - which would have made it altogether more comfortable. How a player who has cost more than £100mi in combined transfer fees throughout his career and played for Brazil 54 times can drift offside so frequently is anyone's guess.