Tottenham boss Frank on Romero injury and poor home form after defeat to Aston Villa

Spurs boss Thomas Frank says the injury which forced Cristian Romero to pull out of the defeat to Aston Villa is only a minor one.

Romero was named in the starting 11 for the game but pulled out of the team in the warm up, and was replaced by Kevin Danso.

“Minor adductor issue, nothing big,” Frank said on the Argentinian defender’s injury.

Spurs went on to lose the game 2-1 despite Rodrigo Bentancur’s early opener, with goals from Morgan Rogers and Emi Buendia sealing the victory for Unai Emery’s side.

But Frank says he does not know whether Romero will be fit to face Monaco on Wednesday in the Champions League.

“I don’t know,” he responded. “He could be, he couldn’t. I don’t know.

“Right now, if I’m honest, I had one focus. I went into the changing room and then I spoke to the players and then I prepared a little bit for the questions I’m going to have. And then I worry about the players tomorrow.”

Spurs have won just once in four games in the Premier League this season and assessing Spurs’ poor home form, Frank said: “I don’t think it’s that simple. 

“I think it’s about looking into the performances. I think we performed well against Burnley.

“I think we performed well today. I think we had one very good first half against Wolves and then we had a bad game against Bournemouth.

“So that’s probably the reason. I think this is a game that is a draw, a clear draw, and we could easily have won it instead of Villa and then it would have been a different narrative. 

“So I look at the performance and the bits we did well and look at the bits we need to improve.”