It was a miserable return from the international break for Tottenham Hotspur as they went down 2-1 to Aston Villa at home on Sunday.

Aston Villa scripted a second-half comeback as goals from Morgan Rogers and Emi Buendia cancelled out Rodrigo Bentancur’s early strike. It was a much-anticipated game for the Tottenham Hotspur faithful, given how they have been playing in the Premier League since Thomas Frank was appointed as the boss in June.

Thomas Frank was hit with some bad news pre-match, as Cristian Romero suffered a minor abductor injury in the warm up and had to be replaced by Kevin Danso. Tottenham badly missed Romero’s presence, along with Destiny Udogie, who was unavailable after suffering with a ‘minor irritation’ in his knee upon his return from international duty.

So, Spurs were not at full strength defensively and conceded two goals. In contrast, though, they were pretty much full strength in attack and failed to score the second goal with the chances that were presented.

Tottenham Hotspur were beaten 2-1 by Aston Villa

Mathys Tel struggled in the No.9 role before being substituted, and he wasn’t the only one. Richarlison came off the bench and added nothing in attack, while Randal Kolo Muani missed...