Thomas Frank issues update on fresh Tottenham injury concern ahead of Brentford, Sunderland and Aston Villa

Tottenham boss Thomas Frank has provided an injury update ahead after his side’s narrow win over Crystal Palace on Sunday. Spurs picked up a big away win as they look to turn around inconsistent form heading into the New Year, with Archie Gray scoring the decisive and only goal of the game.

Palace have been in disappointing form themselves over recent weeks, and Spurs are now just a point behind their London rivals, while they are four points off the top six as they head into 2026.

"I think it was an even game, in many ways. I think we had three key actions in the game where it's like this between being onside, two of them, and being inside of the post, and a goal,” Frank said after the game.

“So, I think if you're that close three times to scoring a goal, it's not bad, and then we would have scored four. That's a way to look at it. I really liked the desire beat details mentality in the team, and the character and resilience of the team is something I spoke about a lot.

“That is so important that we have that resilience in the team because in a long Premier League season, you need to go to a very difficult away ground here, and fight and show character, get a clean sheet, win 1-0, that was a massive win in many ways. Was it a top performance? No. Are there things we can improve? Yes. But to go here, with the season where it's been a little bit up and down, I think it's a huge mentality effort from the players. We played extremely disciplined throughout the game.

“For example, one of Palace's major strengths is transitions, and we really closed them down, something we worked very, very hard on, big discipline in the team and we need to do that."

Tottenham injury scare

Spurs now have a busy run of fixtures that will see them play three games in a week to start the new year Tottenham play Brentford on January 1, Sunderland on January 4 and Bournemouth on January 7, while the FA Cup clash with Aston Villa is only three days after that.

Given that busy run, it will have concerned Frank that Lucas Bergvall picked up what looked to be a groin injury against Crystal Palace, with the Sweden international having to be replaced.

Providing an update after the game, Frank said: “I hope so, of course we'll assess him tomorrow."

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