Tottenham boss Thomas Frank under pressure: Have Spurs fans lost faith in their manager?

The grumblings of discontent started before the game, when about 100 supporters took part in a ‘Change For Tottenham‘ protest, which appeared to have been partly calmed by the £35m signing of Conor Gallagher from Atletico Madrid and an open letter from chief executive Vinai Venkatashem assuring concerned fans of the club’s ambition.

Indeed, Frank had enjoyed a relatively positive week. At least until his team started playing.

Frank had a key role in ensuring Spurs beat Aston Villa to Gallagher, then added respected Dutch coach John Heitinga – part of Arne Slot’s backroom team when Liverpool won the Premier League last season – as assistant coach.

But there is a constant undercurrent of discontent at Spurs that shows no signs of going away, the mood not helped by a league home record that now reads played 11, lost six and only won two.

Crysencio Summerville’s early goal turned up the pressure. But Spurs hardly helped themselves with a desperate lack of urgency that actually played on supporters’ nerves and unhappiness.

Shortly before half-time, Pedro Porro had a throw-in deep in West Ham territory, Amid pleas for speed, the defender took 30 seconds, which seemed like an age, before presenting West Ham with possession.

On the hour, with time of the essence and an equaliser required, Spurs supporters erupted as the ball was played around aimlessly at the back in the manner of a team defending a healthy lead.

Cristian Romero’s equaliser offered false hope, only for Wilson to scramble the winner as Spurs keeper Guglielmo Vicario was yet again found weak and wanting at a corner, his complaints that he had been impeded rightly ignored.

West Ham, in contrast, celebrated wildly after ending a run of 10 winless league games that plunged them and head coach Nuno Espirito Santo into crisis. The old jibe about ‘Dr Tottenham‘ prescribing a cure for every struggling club’s ills dusted off once more.

Captain Romero, who went straight down the tunnel at the final whistle, said: “Tomorrow we will train in silence, work hard again. Midweek we have another big match.

“At this moment this is a disaster for us. We played sometimes good, sometimes bad. We must work hard and go again. It’s a difficult moment for us. We are not the best on the pitch.”