{"id":327773,"date":"2025-12-03T10:10:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T10:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/327773\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T10:10:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T10:10:20","slug":"frank-hails-romeros-last-minute-perfect-bicycle-in-tottenham-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/327773\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank hails Romero’s last-minute ‘perfect bicycle’ in Tottenham draw"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tottenham<\/a> boss Thomas Frank hailed a “top performance” from skipper Cristian Romero<\/a> after his brace salvaged a 2-2 draw against Newcastle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Magpies had enjoyed a series of promising opportunities throughout the game before Bruno Guimar\u00e3es<\/a> sent them ahead in the 71st minute.<\/p>\n

Romero replied seven minutes later with an excellent diving header from Mohammed Kudus’ cross, before Anthony Gordon<\/a> restored Newcastle’s lead from the penalty spot.<\/p>\n

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The Spurs skipper had the final say in a dramatic finale, scoring an overhead kick in the fifth minute of stoppage-time which bounced through the box and trickled into the bottom corner.<\/p>\n

Speaking about Romero’s display, Frank said: “I think that was the perfect bicycle kick, hit with the shin, aiming for the bottom corner.<\/p>\n

“Praising Cuti, I think he deserves that. A top performance defending. On the ball: coolness, calmness, duels, then get up there and score two goals.<\/p>\n

“I think the bicycle kick will most likely get a little more praise but I think the header is more exceptional, the way he does that is better than many strikers.”<\/p>\n

Romero’s eye-catching strike snatched a point for Spurs, who are still winless in their last five Premier League<\/a> outings and sit 11th in the table, but Frank praised the “willingness” of his side following a tough run.<\/p>\n

He said: “I really liked the character and mentality in the team and what this showed after three tough games.<\/p>\n

“To go here to the fourth game in 10 days, the third away game at a very difficult place – go behind two times and come back shows everything about the willingness and mentality in the team.”<\/p>\n

At 1-1, Newcastle restored their lead from the spot after Rodrigo Bentancur<\/a> and Dan Burn<\/a> tangled at the back post from a corner and referee Tom Bramall was called to the monitor.<\/p>\n

He awarded a penalty, which Gordon converted, and Frank said: “The second one is very disappointing to concede because I think for me it’s never a penalty.<\/p>\n

Cristian Romero scored his second goal of the match in the fifth minute of added time with a stunning bicycle kick.\u00a0Photo by ADAM VAUGHAN\/EPA\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

“Even speaking to some from Newcastle (they) don’t think it’s a penalty and we need consistency.<\/p>\n

“I think the referee’s call on the pitch, he nailed it, and VAR can only be if it’s clear and obvious. But, I want to speak about us and the mentality coming back.”<\/p>\n

Newcastle boss Eddie Howe described the two goals conceded as “hugely disappointing” following a strong display throughout the game.<\/p>\n

He said: “We’re hugely frustrated with ourselves really. That was a game where we had to work really hard for the first goal.<\/p>\n

“I thought we were the dominant team, knocking on the door through the first half.<\/p>\n

“The goal came when it came and felt then we were in a strong position having been relatively comfortable defensively to them.<\/p>\n

“To concede the two goals in the way that we did is hugely disappointing because we pride ourselves on being better than that defensively.”<\/p>\n

Asked about the penalty decision, Howe replied: “I’ve just seen it again, the defender doesn’t look at the ball, he’s just focused on Dan and Dan goes down, so I can see why it was given.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tottenham boss Thomas Frank hailed a “top performance” from skipper Cristian Romero after his brace salvaged a 2-2…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327774,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-327773","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-soccer","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327773\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}