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tottenham head coach Thomas Frank Despite the 3-0 win, he does not consider his team a title contender everton Elevating them to third place.
Pep Sars also got a late nod after Micky Van der Veen’s two headers in the first half, making it 13 points from a possible 15 away from home.
They are just five points behind the leaders and north London rivals armory And November could be a transformative month for them as they face fellow top four contenders Chelsea Manchester United – both below them in the table – before heading to the Emirates Stadium.
But when asked if Spurs could enter the title race, Frank said: “No, I think there are some teams ahead of us.”
However, if they can improve their home form and continue to win on the road without playing well then they could make life uncomfortable for their rivals.
Van der Veen’s prowess on set-pieces will certainly help in that regard, as he takes his tally for the season to five.
“Top scorer? Not bad. I said you’re a centre-back, you need to score more, and he attacked the ball and got where it hurts,” Frank said.
“I think he’s really growing and taking some big steps, leading more, defending better and better, using his speed and more clever positioning than at the beginning of the season.”
Everton fans were extremely unhappy Jake O’Brien’s potential equalizer was ruled out when VAR deemed goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario but Iliman Ndiaye and Jack Grealish were offside, either side of the manager. david moyes There were no complaints.
“I think the goal that we were called offside was the right decision,” he said.
“It looked OK from the touchline at the time but I’ve seen it now and I can’t argue with it.”
Everton conceded their first goal of the season from a corner and this left Moyes more disappointed than the performance.
“We played really well. We fell behind from set-pieces, we’re not happy with that but there were a lot of good things in other parts of the game,” he said.
“Players will always take responsibility and I will, we’ve been very good mainly in set-pieces but Thomas’ teams have always been good. He got his head on them and we didn’t.”
“I’m disappointed, I really am. There are some things we could have done better.”