Tottenham fans will enjoy Gary Neville’s verdict on Thomas Frank after Man City win

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Gary Neville has been impressed with what he has seen of Thomas Frank’s Tottenham Hotspur in the first three games of the season, with the pundit explaining what makes the Lilywhites different to many other teams in the Premier League.Tottenham Hotspur have managed to keep two back-to-back cleansheets in their first two Premier League games of the season, which is an alien feeling to Spurs fans after what they were used to under Ange Postecoglou.After the 2-0 win on Saturday, Frank admitted that the clean sheet was what he was especially proud about, revealing that he has spoken a lot to his Spurs squad about the importance of not conceding goals.Interestingly, Brennan Johnson said after the game that Frank respects defending when asked what the main difference between the Dane and his predecessor is.Credit: @thefrederikkejensen / InstagramGary Neville is impressed by Tottenham’s adaptabilityMany may have expected Spurs to go back to a back three at the Etihad Stadium, but Frank stuck with a 4-2-3-1.While Tottenham defended well in a midblock through the game, they were not afraid to press the home side high up the pitch at different times and put them under pressure, which directly resulted in their second goal.Neville was mightily impressed with Spurs’ display and admits that he has liked the way the new Tottenham head coach has used different tactics in each of his first three matches in charge.The former Man United right-back said on NBC Sports: “I thought Tottenham ran all over them; they looked a little bit like an old team, City, which was worrying.“Tottenham pressed and hurried really well. Thomas Frank has come in and done a really good job in the first couple of weeks, but yeah, worrying signs for City, because that was a strong team they had out.“We’ve seen [Frank] in three games, big games in the last couple of weeks, and what he’s done is adapt his style to each game and, obviously, a big criticism of Tottenham under Ange Postecoglou was that they never changed, they were always the same.“You could predict exactly what they were going to do, and in the end, it was a sorry state for them. But what you’ve seen with Frank: he’ll go five at the back, he’s gone four at the back, they’ll press high, sometimes they’ll sit deep.”Neville believes Frank’s approach is a symptom of how football is changingThe Sky Sports pundit suggested that we are starting to see a shift in tactical trends as the game is moving away from ‘philosophy’ coaches, back to the ones who set up teams differently in each game, like Frank does.He also remarked that the win at Man City was much needed to change the mood around Tottenham following the Eberechi Eze fiasco last week.Neville added: “We’re seeing a little bit more, I think, of a change in this last 12 to 18 months, where we’re seeing the old style of football return.“It’s been this way for a few years that you’ve got to have a philosophy, you’ve got to have a way of playing, and now it seems we’ve got a few managers near the top end who are adapting from game to game. I think Thomas Frank is adapting from game to game, he’s getting the best out of the players that he’s got.“It was a little embarrassing for them in midweek, losing Eze to Arsenal, that was a bad one for them, but they recovered really well to get a great result, he’s started well, and the players seem to be thriving under him.”READ MORE: Micah Richards says Thomas Frank made two ‘masterstroke’ decisions at Tottenham this weekThe post Tottenham fans will enjoy Gary Neville’s verdict on Thomas Frank after Man City win appeared first on Spurs Web.