Thomas Frank emulates Tottenham icon as win over West Ham heaps pressure on embattled Graham Potter

Tottenham may have put their away woes behind them with Thomas Frank making it two from two on the road this season with a 3-0 win over West Ham United. In doing so, the Dane joins club legend Ossie Ardiles in 1993-94 and Tim Sherwood in 2013-14 to have achieved the feat. Frank has steered Tottenham to three wins from their first four league fixturesGetty Frank managed the accomplishment in style as his side ran out comfortable winners over a 10-man Hammers. Tottenham thought they opened the scoring inside the opening 20 minutes via Cristian Romero, but it was disallowed due to a foul. Yet what rankled Romero, Tottenham fans and James Maddison was the fact VAR did not deem the decision necessary of an on-pitch review. However, it mattered little in the end as goals from Pape Matar Sarr, Lucas Bergvall and Micky van de Ven wrapped up a comfortable three points for the visitors. Two of the north London outfit’s goals came after Tomas Soucek was shown a straight red card following an ugly challenge on Joao Palhinha in the 54th minute. The victory means Spurs have three from four in the league, adding to victories against Manchester City and Burnley. A defeat to Bournemouth last time out is the only blotch on Frank’s domestic record, but he did also start with a Super Cup defeat to Champions League winners Paris Saint-Germain. However, there can be few complaints about his start overall, with a dominant 3-0 opening day win over Burnley adding to an impressive start on the road. As for West Ham, Graham Potter’s side were sent crashing back down to earth after their statement win before the international break. Potter was facing questions about his job after just three games, with those being a 3-0 humbling by newly-promoted Sunderland, a 5-1 hammering by London rivals Chelsea and a 3-2 Carabao Cup defeat to Wolves having led 2-1. Soucek was shown a straight red card for just the second time in his professional careerGetty Match Stats Yet their last fixture was a 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest, easing pressure on Potter, but today’s result won’t have done much to keep things that way. Away form has cursed Spurs in recent years, particularly last season during their worst-ever Premier League finish of 17th. Winning five times on the road, they also lost a massive 12 times on their travels, with tactical set ups particularly responsible. Previous manager Ange Postecoglou was consistently criticised for his stubbornness in only playing a single style of attacking football, but he dismissed those claims during his first interview as Forest manager. “It’s about now implementing my own ideas. It’s no secret I like my teams to attack. I love my teams to score goals,” he said. “That’s sometimes misconstrued as me just playing one way, but the reason I want my teams to play that way is I love winning things and that’s what I want to do here.”

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Thomas Frank emulates Tottenham icon as win over West Ham heaps pressure on embattled Graham Potter

Tottenham may have put their away woes behind them with Thomas Frank making it two from two on the road this season with a 3-0 win over West Ham United.

In doing so, the Dane joins club legend Ossie Ardiles in 1993-94 and Tim Sherwood in 2013-14 to have achieved the feat.

Frank has steered Tottenham to three wins from their first four league fixtures

Frank managed the accomplishment in style as his side ran out comfortable winners over a 10-man Hammers.

Tottenham thought they opened the scoring inside the opening 20 minutes via Cristian Romero, but it was disallowed due to a foul.

Yet what rankled Romero, Tottenham fans and James Maddison was the fact VAR did not deem the decision necessary of an on-pitch review.

However, it mattered little in the end as goals from Pape Matar Sarr, Lucas Bergvall and Micky van de Ven wrapped up a comfortable three points for the visitors.

Two of the north London outfit’s goals came after Tomas Soucek was shown a straight red card following an ugly challenge on Joao Palhinha in the 54th minute.

The victory means Spurs have three from four in the league, adding to victories against Manchester City and Burnley.

A defeat to Bournemouth last time out is the only blotch on Frank’s domestic record, but he did also start with a Super Cup defeat to Champions League winners Paris Saint-Germain.

However, there can be few complaints about his start overall, with a dominant 3-0 opening day win over Burnley adding to an impressive start on the road.

As for West Ham, Graham Potter’s side were sent crashing back down to earth after their statement win before the international break.

Potter was facing questions about his job after just three games, with those being a 3-0 humbling by newly-promoted Sunderland, a 5-1 hammering by London rivals Chelsea and a 3-2 Carabao Cup defeat to Wolves having led 2-1.

Soucek was shown a straight red card for just the second time in his professional career

Yet their last fixture was a 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest, easing pressure on Potter, but today’s result won’t have done much to keep things that way.

Away form has cursed Spurs in recent years, particularly last season during their worst-ever Premier League finish of 17th.

Winning five times on the road, they also lost a massive 12 times on their travels, with tactical set ups particularly responsible.

Previous manager Ange Postecoglou was consistently criticised for his stubbornness in only playing a single style of attacking football, but he dismissed those claims during his first interview as Forest manager.

“It’s about now implementing my own ideas. It’s no secret I like my teams to attack. I love my teams to score goals,” he said.

“That’s sometimes misconstrued as me just playing one way, but the reason I want my teams to play that way is I love winning things and that’s what I want to do here.”