One point from a road trip to France in the Champions League is not disastrous.
Which so happened to be Thomas Frank’s starting point as he tried to explain a lacklustre Tottenham display in Monaco. The French teams can be strong, Frank noted, and this much is true.
Spurs have not won on any of their three visits to the soulless Stade Louis II. Paris Saint-Germain are the holders and purring. Marseille put four past Ajax in their only home game of the campaign.
Frank also wanted to remind us that his is a team in transition and, having finished 17th in the Premier League, only in Europe’s elite competition by virtue of their Europa League wildcard.