Tottenham boss Thomas Frank has praised Everton\u2019s quality ahead of Sunday\u2019s Premier League clash. Spurs enter the game following a challenging week, having lost to Aston Villa last weekend and then drawing with Monaco in the Champions League, where they were largely second-best.<\/p>\n
Everton, meanwhile, have made a strong start to the season and remain unbeaten at their new stadium \u2014 a record Tottenham will aim to end this weekend. Frank acknowledged the strength of David Moyes\u2019 side, who combine discipline with attacking flair.<\/p>\n
\u201cFirst and foremost, I think Everton are a very competitive team with many good players \u2014 more than just (Jack) Grealish,\u201d said Frank when asked about the England international. \u201cI think Beto has been good up front, Ndiaye has been very good, and Dewsbury-Hall too. A good colleague and friend of mine, David Moyes, is in charge, and his team is always very, very competitive. He\u2019s a manager and a person I respect massively.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd of course, Grealish \u2014 it\u2019s down to the player, but also the coaching staff. Moyes has helped him flourish again. He\u2019s their main creator, no doubt about that. He\u2019s so dangerous and can make something happen out of nothing, so we\u2019ll need to be wary.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tottenham face a demanding run of fixtures after this game, including matches against Newcastle in the cup, followed by Chelsea, Manchester United, and Arsenal. Reflecting on the team\u2019s development, Frank said:<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m learning every day about the team and the players. I see a very willing group that wants to work hard and do their best for this wonderful club. After a competitive performance against Villa, I saw something very interesting. We lost, but the performance mattered most. I also learned from the game against Monaco. My focus right now is on Everton.\u201d<\/p>\n
Assessing the early part of the season, Frank added: \u201cIf we look at our performances so far \u2014 13 games \u2014 there\u2019s been one bad game against Bournemouth, a poor second half against Wolves, and another against Monaco. The rest have been good, or very good. It\u2019s about being competitive, aggressive, and playing with intensity \u2014 that\u2019s how you build a strong team culture.\u201d<\/p>\n
Your next Tottenham read: Tottenham predicted line-up to face Everton: Four changes made.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tottenham boss Thomas Frank has praised Everton\u2019s quality ahead of Sunday\u2019s Premier League clash. Spurs enter the game following a challenging week, having lost to Aston Villa last weekend and then drawing with Monaco in the Champions League, where they were largely second-best. Everton, meanwhile, have made a strong start to the season and remain …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":52958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2242418917.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52957"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52959,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52957\/revisions\/52959"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/52958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}