Even when they have beaten City, previous Tottenham sides have always had phases where they had their goal peppered by the Manchester club, but that was not the case this time.<\/p>\n
The Lilywhites exhibited a level of defensive control that one almost never sees from sides who visit the Etihad Stadium, with the home side never looking like scoring after Tottenham went 2-0 up against Man City<\/a>.<\/p>\n While we are just two Premier League<\/a> games into the new season, one can already see a world of difference between the way Spurs defended last season and the way they are defending now with Micky van de Ven<\/a> and Cristian Romero<\/a> marshalling the backline.<\/p>\n The North Londoners have kept two back-to-back cleansheets, which is not something they did too often under Ange Postecoglou, and the new Spurs boss admitted that the mentality of battling for a cleansheet is something he has discussed extensively with his players.<\/p>\n When asked what he thought of Tottenham\u2019s performance against Man City, Thomas Frank<\/a> said (via Football.London<\/a>): \u201cVery delighted. Extremely proud of the players\u2019 performance. I think it was an exceptionally good performance. I think the first 35 minutes, we know a couple of things, we know it\u2019s always difficult to play against City. Here at the Etihad it\u2019s even more difficult.<\/p>\n \u201cThe first 35 minutes I thought was fairly even, but with City on top, I think they were more on top than us. There was a big mentality shift in terms of staying in the game and keep doing what we wanted to do, scoring a great goal. Maybe that changed a little bit of momentum, but we definitely stayed on top and went 2-0.<\/p>\n \u201cSecond half, I think we were very good. The big spell where we could think that they would put pressure on us, I think we were very aggressive in the high pressure, that we were very front-footed, with the mindset to constantly go for the 3-0 goal.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd then, then I must say that the clean sheet makes me very happy. It\u2019s a big thing we\u2019ve been working on, not on clean sheets as that\u2019s easier said than done, but on the defensive side of the game, high pressure, middle block, low block, defend the box mentality, blocking shots, everything. Because if you get clean sheets you\u2019re closer to winning a game and also last year we had six clears, so yeah, that\u2019s very big for me.\u201d<\/p>\n Frank reveals what he told the Tottenham players at half-time<\/p>\n![\"Thomas](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/thomas-frank-1d-1024x682.jpg\")
Credit: @thefrederikkejensen \/ InstagramThomas Frank is over the moon with Tottenham\u2019s clean sheet<\/p>\n