Thomas Frank has responded defiantly to Tottenham fans calling for his dismissal after a 2-1 home defeat to West Ham. Callum Wilson's 93rd-minute winner handed West Ham their first Premier League win in 11 matches, while Spurs suffered their eighth loss in 14 games.
Frank was loudly booed by thousands of home fans at full-time. However, the under-fire manager insisted he can turn things around, telling reporters: “If we're winning it will change [the reaction of the fans] and we will. I still think we are closer [to turning things around] than further away.”
West Ham took a deserved lead through Crysencio Summerville in the 15th minute. Spurs improved after the break, with Cristian Romero heading home the equaliser. But Wilson bundled in from a corner in stoppage time to spark chants for Frank's sacking from the South Stand.
Frank admitted the club is in a “perfect storm” but vowed to keep fighting. “We seem to be in the perfect storm at the moment. A last-minute defeat and when everyone feels they have given everything, including the fans, and you get a sucker punch, it's unbelievably tough to take,” he said. “I can promise that I’m sitting here, giving everything, every single day.”
