Thomas Frank insists he is building something at Tottenham after much-needed win

Thomas Frank will toast Tottenham’s “big win” over Borussia Dortmund with two glasses of red wine, but acknowledged it must be the catalyst for more consistency.

Dominic Solanke scored on his first start of the season to ease the pressure on Frank after a 2-0 win over 10-man Dortmund in the Champions League.

Frank’s seven-month tenure looked close to being over after Spurs lost at home to West Ham on Saturday, which sparked chants from the club’s supporters that he was “getting sacked in the morning”, but the Danish coach stayed in post for this fixture.

Even though talks with key figures over lunch on Monday offered no assurances over his future, Frank watched his fortunes turn with captain Cristian Romero firing the hosts ahead in the 14th-minute before Solanke’s fortuitous close-range finish made it 2-0.

Daniel Svensson had been sent off by this point and Tottenham cruised home to claim a first win of 2026, but Frank quickly shifted focus to Saturday’s Premier League trip to Burnley.

Asked if this performance proved he was worth sticking with, Frank smiled: “I think it’s about the team and everything, but of course I understand the question.

“What I feel the whole time is the staff is with us, I think the players are with us, the ownership, everyone wants the same thing and we’re on the same page.

“We do a lot of things in the right direction and today was a big performance and a big win. Of course, I’m very aware of that, but I’m also very aware that this we have done and we need to keep that consistency and turn that a little bit.

“As I say, some of the other games we easily could have won. Now we need to build on this.

“And I just see a team that is running very, very hard and I think that’s a very, very good sign.