'Spurs deserved to win' - Super Cup reaction as PSG come back to beat Tottenham

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5 days ago

Update:
Date: 08:07 BST
Title: Get Involved
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It shouldn't be understated just how far ahead in preseason Spurs were to PSG - they'd had 4.5 weeks longer in training and had played six matches (to PSG's none). Yes Spurs looked better than last season but I'd not put too much weight on the performance.
Matt, Peterborough
Update:
Date: 08:00 BST
Title: 'You've got to know how to see the game out'
Content: PSG 2-2 Tottenham (4-3 on pens)
Aaron LennonFormer Tottenham midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live
You can see that the Tottenham players are hurting. As a player you know games you should win and this was one of them.
Five minutes to go, 2-0 up, see it out. Even when it goes to 2-1, you've got to know how to see a game out.
Tottenham didn't handle that well enough.
I still think Tottenham need a few players in. There are links with Eberechi Eze and Savinho. Losing James Maddison [to injury] and Son Heung-min is huge for this football club - two big players and big characters and leaders, and lots of goals and assists.
Update:
Date: 07:52 BST
Title: 'Tottenham deserved to win'
Content: PSG 2-2 Tottenham (4-3 on pens)
PSG
PSG boss Luis Enrique, speaking to TNT Sports: "For 80 minutes we didn't deserve that, I think Tottenham deserved to win the match because they were in form, they were training for six weeks and they played a great match.
"We have been training only for six days but sometimes football is unfair. I have to say we were very lucky in the last 10 minutes that we could score two goals. My players had faith until the last minute, like our supporters."
Update:
Date: 07:45 BST
Title: Spurs win the xG battle
Content: PSG 2-2 Tottenham (4-3 on pens)
An indication of how well Tottenham played last night against the European champions - albeit a somewhat undercooked version - is that they came out on top on expected goals.
I know how much some of you loathe the slightest utterance of xG but it's essentially just a measure of the quality of chances that a team creates.
Anyway, Spurs edged it on that measure - 1.38 to Paris St-Germain's 1.17.
Of that 1.38, though, 1.22 came in the first half with PSG well ahead in the second, 0.9 to 0.16.
It's always important to remember the state of the game with these things and given Spurs were 2-0 for much of the second half, they had less need to push on to try and create more chances but it does show how Luis Enrique's side improved as the game went on.
Update:
Date: 07:35 BST
Title: 'Small margins' decided Super Cup - Frank
Content: PSG 2-2 Tottenham (4-3 on pens)
Tottenham boss Thomas Frank says his side were unlucky to be beaten by Paris St-Germain in the Uefa Super Cup, with "small margins" deciding the game.
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Spurs lost Super Cup by 'small margins' - Frank
Update:
Date: 07:31 BST
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Proud of the way Spurs played last night in first 'competitive' game under Frank. Enrique saying Spurs deserved to win a clear indication we must be doing something right. Definitely a blueprint there for playing the top teams in the UCL! Abhorrent abuse of Tel online a real downer on night.
Jerome Knox, Dalkeith
Update:
Date: 07:24 BST
Title: Tel racially abused after Super Cup
Content: PSG 2-2 Tottenham (4-3 on pens)
Spurs have confirmed forward Mathys Tel was subject to racist abuse following their defeat to Paris St-Germain.
Tel was one of two Spurs players who failed to convert from the spot in the penalty shootout.
In a statement on X, external, the club said: "We are disgusted at the racial abuse that Mathys Tel has received on social media following last night's Uefa Super Cup defeat.
"Mathys showed bravery and courage to step forward and take a penalty, yet those who abuse him are nothing but cowards - hiding behind anonymous usernames and profiles to spout their abhorrent views.
"We will work with the authorities and social media platforms to take the strongest possible action against any individual we are able to identify.
"We stand with you, Mathys."
Update:
Date: 07:20 BST
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Suppose we are not bad for a team that finished just above the relegation zone. Palhinha and Kudos will be great additions. Shame the subs did not have the desired impact. COYS roll on Saturday v Burnley. Can't wait.
Terry Denton, Carshalton
Update:
Date: 07:15 BST
Title: Work to do as Spurs collapse - but promising signs for Frank
Content: PSG 2-2 Tottenham (4-3 on pens)
Sami MokbelBBC Sport Senior football correspondent
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Spurs squander two goal lead as PSG win Super Cup
It looked like being a dream debut for Tottenham boss Thomas Frank.
Leading 2-0 with little more than five minutes remaining against European champions Paris St-Germain, surely the Super Cup was on its way to north London.
Not so. A stirring comeback from the Parisians and a shootout win stopped Spurs from becoming the first Europa League winners to lift the Super Cup since 2018.
But the Dane's fingerprints were all over this Tottenham performance, which showed promising signs for 85 minutes.
Set-pieces? Check. Pragmatism? Check. Efficiency? Check.
"I think we played a very good game against one of the best teams in the world, maybe the best at this moment in time," said Frank, who replaced Ange Postecoglou as manager this summer.
"We had them exactly where we wanted them for 80 or so minutes. Then the momentum changed with the 2-1 goal. The team and fans have a lot to be proud of.
"The first half was almost perfect and obviously set-pieces were very good and we were very dangerous.
"At times I think we showed that we can play up against any team in the world."
Update:
Date: 07:07 BST
Title: Spurs squander two-goal lead as PSG win on penalties
Content: PSG 2-2 Tottenham (4-3 on pens)
It wasn't to be for Tottenham in the Uefa Super Cup.
Spurs were just three minutes away from winning a second European trophy in three months, having waited 17 years for silverware before that.
But, after leading 2-0 right up until the 85th minute, Champions League winners Paris St-Germain produced a late comeback, with Goncalo Ramos scoring an injury-time equaliser.
That took the tie straight to penalties, where PSG prevailed as Micky van de Ven and Mathys Tel failed to convert.
Update:
Date: 07:00 BST
Title: Good morning!
Content: Just ONE more day until the Premier League gets under way again. How excited are we?
And with domestic football returning, news conferences are back. We'll be hearing from Arne Slot, Andoni Iraola, Graham Potter, Keith Andrews and Marco Silva today.
There's still plenty of time left in the transfer window, so we'll bring you any updates as and when we get them.
But first, let's dive into some Uefa Super Cup reaction...