VIDEO SHOWS: POST-MATCH PRESS CONFERENCES WITH TOTTENHAM COACH THOMAS FRANK AND FC COPENHAGEN COACH JACOB NEESTRUP FOLLOWING TOTTENHAM'S 4-0 WIN IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: DANISH TRANSLATIONS ARE PLACEHOLDERS, COMPLETE DANISH TRANSLATIONS TO FOLLOW RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (NOVEMBER 4, 2025) (UEFA - This content can only be used in the reporting of the UEFA Champions League 2025/2026 season – no other use allowed. No commercial use. Must on-screen courtesy " UEFA 2025" or " UEFA 2026". No resales. No sublicensing. No monetisation.) 1. (SOUNDBITE) (English) TOTTENHAM COACH, THOMAS FRANK, ON MICKY VAN DE VAN’S GOAL, SAYING: JOURNALIST ASKING: “Thomas, have you seen a better goal scored by defender in your time in management?” FRANK: “I definitely need to think a little bit about that, but it seemed like Lionel Messi turned into Micky Van de Ven running down from his own goal and all the way to the other end and scoring a fantastic goal. I think he's our top scorer in all competitions, so he can keep going. By the way, he can keep walking past me if he's angry after the game, if he delivers like this.” 2. WHITE FLASH 3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) TOTTENHAM COACH, THOMAS FRANK, SAYING: “I saw a good performance today, which I'm happy with. We talk a lot about having a bounce back mentality. Because in life and in football, there'll be setbacks. Every team will experience that. And it's how we react to that to come out after a bad game or bad spill and come back into it. That's part of a good team. I'm very happy with the response the players came with today. I think we controlled the game from minute one to the end, more or less. There was, of course, a little bit about the red card and Micky decided this should not be a problem. And then we won a very good win in Champions League and it's never easy. I know Copenhagen hasn’t had a good start. But just know they are in general very difficult to play against and I'm pretty sure we will not see them lose 4-0 again in the Champions League.” 4. WHITE FLASH 5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) TOTTENHAM COACH, THOMAS FRANK, SAYING: FRANK: “I think, of course, it was important. You want your bad performances to get out of the way straight away. And the quicker you can bounce back, the better. And I was happy with the response.” JOURNALIST ASKING: “And do you think this could be a turning point, this game? 4-0. Good attacking play.” FRANK: “Turning point in – I would say it was a step forward in terms of how we want to play. Of course, assists and goals and some of the offensive players and also good performances. And I think also the structure was good today.” 6. WHITE FLASH 7. FRANK LEAVING PRESS CONFERENCE 8. WHITE FLASH 9. FC COPENHAGEN COACH, JACOB NEESTRUP, ENTERING PRESS CONFERENCE 10. WHITE FLASH 11. (SOUNDBITE) (Danish – rough translations, complete translations to follow) FC COPENHAGEN COACH, JACOB NEESTRUP, SAYING: “We are performing too poorly. We're getting too open. It gives a lot, a lot, a lot. One thing is to lose. Also even to lose to a better team. But of course, it is very far from the international FC Copenhagen team that you and I know. As we have done in the past for many seasons. In my time, we are very, very far away from today. I think they made three goals on a counter-play from I don't know how many meters. There is something we can do better individually, but I can also observe that we are becoming far too open in our positions. And then you get punished.” 12. WHITE FLASH 13. (SOUNDBITE) (Danish – rough translations, complete translations to follow) FC COPENHAGEN COACH, JACOB NEESTRUP, SAYING: “I don't know. You can call it a personal error. We can't keep calling it that. I also think the goal is a great example that we're going to lose the middle. We end up with six on the side and six that run deep. That is my responsibility, of course, because that must not happen. And certainly not on an away pitch at Tottenham where we know they have so much pace, and indeed a period when we've just got their work into the match. I'm obviously deeply disappointed with the score that I say it's finished enough to take up to Tottenham. It's totally, totally, totally okay. But we need to perform better. Even if we are in the middle.” 14. WHITE FLASH 15. (SOUNDBITE) (Danish – rough translations, complete translations to follow) FC COPENHAGEN COACH, JACOB NEESTRUP, SAYING: “No, I don't know if we do. But when we can't hit each other at a distance of four meters, then we have to get to grips with the machine. They score to 3-0 soon after and it shuts down.” 16. WHITE FLASH 17. NEESTRUP LEAVING PRESS CONFERENCE STORY: Tottenham Hotspur central defender Micky van de Ven scored a sensational solo goal in his side's 4-0 home rout of FC Copenhagen, which lifted the London club into the top eight in the Champions League on Tuesday (November 4). The flying Dutchman took possession of the ball on the edge of his own penalty area in the 64th minute and sped the length of the pitch through a flimsy Copenhagen defence to smash home a shot and make it 3-0. Brennan Johnson had put a dominant Spurs side ahead in the 19th minute with a cool, angled finish into an empty goal after visiting keeper Dominik Kotarski charged out of his goal and Wilson Odobert doubled the advantage in the 51st after Randal Kolo Muani did well after more poor keeping by Kotarski. Johnson was shown a red card four minutes after Odobert's goal for a late tackle on Marcos Lopez but rather than slow down, the hosts put their foot on the accelerator. After Van de Ven's goal-of-the season contender, substitute Joao Palhinha was played in by Cristian Romero following another sweeping forward move to make it 4-0. Substitute Richarlison struck the crossbar with a header and a 90th-minute penalty but that could not detract from Tottenham's biggest win since manager Thomas Frank took charge. Unbeaten Tottenham's second victory in the group lifted them into the top eight in the standings with eight points, while Copenhagen are languishing near the bottom with one point. Tottenham were criticised for a woeful attacking display in a 1-0 home defeat by Chelsea in the Premier League on Saturday (November 1), after which a furious Van de Ven blanked Frank. The player was all smiles though three days later after a goal that will be replayed over and over. Known as one of the quickest defenders in Europe, Van de Ven produced a 95-metre burst of pace that eight-time Olympic gold-medal winner Usain Bolt would have been proud of to raise the roof of the stadium. "It felt like we had Lionel Messi turned into Micky van de Ven," Frank said. "I would say it was a step forward in how we want to play. Assists and goals from the offensive players and also the structure was good today." Tottenham ended the night in seventh place and face reigning champions Paris St Germain away later this month. (Production: Kurt Michael Hall) (The article has been published through a syndicated feed. Except for the headline, the content has been published verbatim. Liability lies with original publisher.)
