Richarlison Shines: Brace and Stellar Bicycle Kick in Frank’s Debut with Spurs

Richarlison Shines with Brace in Thomas Frank’s Debut

Tottenham Hotspur coach Thomas Frank celebrated Richarlison’s performance after the striker’s brace, which included a spectacular overhead kick, marking a perfect start for the former Brentford coach in North London. Frank took over as Tottenham’s coach in the summer and was close to winning a trophy midweek, but Paris Saint-Germain’s late comeback ensured that the UEFA Super Cup went to the French capital. Richarlison, who struggled with injuries for most of last season, impressed when replacing Dominic Solanke against the Ligue 1 club. His performance earned him a starting position in the attack in Tottenham’s first Premier League match on Saturday, and the Brazilian international rewarded Frank’s confidence with a brace that secured a 3-0 victory. Frank had warned that the newly promoted Burnley would represent a tough test, but Tottenham managed their first league win since April 6th. Richarlison opened the scoring in the 10th minute, and his second goal came in the hour mark. Brennan Johnson added another six minutes later, in a tough return to the top category for Burnley’s coach, Scott Parker, at his former club.

Richarlison has shown great performance in the first days of Thomas Frank’s tenure at Tottenham.

“Perfect start or dream start,” Frank said in a press conference. “We all know we need to follow up on it. Today I will just enjoy it and I hope the players, the club and the fans enjoy it because that is important.”

Thomas Frank

“I think overall it was a good performance, not spectacular. A good performance against a difficult opponent.” “It’s never easy in the Premier League, we know, and after the very short change against PSG.” “Great positive; our medical and performance department did an excellent job to make sure the players were ready to play. I think we had eight starters back, so I’m happy with that.” The Brazilian international Richarlison could have left this summer, but he remains part of the team and Frank is excited to get more consistency from the 28-year-old player.

“It’s fantastic that he’s scoring. The first one is definitely easier to score without being easy, but I have a striker who takes those two opportunities and helps us win the game,” said Frank.

Thomas Frank

Richarlison scored an impressive bicycle kick to help Tottenham Hotspur secure the three points.“He deserves a lot of praise. He was very good against PSG and today he was exceptional, with his work rate, driving the team forward, link-up play, retention play, just dominating and then the two finishes.” “So I’m happy for him and, again, the performance department and the medical department did a great job to build him up.” “The second goal, 17 passes in the team, I have been told, all the players touched the ball and it ended with two superior actions.” “First from Mohammed Kudus and then, the second, an outstanding finish from Richarlison. I’m a little disappointed that we have the goal of the season so early, but it has to be a contender.” Tottenham coach Frank revealed that Yves Bissouma, who was excluded from the Super Cup for repeatedly being late for training, missed this match due to injury. Burnley created several chances in the first half, but was punished for the lack of effectiveness in both areas. “There are very fine margins in the Premier League and that’s probably the main thing that comes out today,” Parker said. “The effectiveness of the Premier League, they produce an outstanding world-class finish to take us away from the match, but I saw some really nice things.” “We are disappointed because we came here to try to get a result, but overall there were some really nice things.”