UDINE, Italy -- Thomas Frank has described Tottenham's agonising UEFA Super Cup penalty shootout defeat to Paris Saint-Germain as a "successful operation ... but the patient died."

Spurs were 2-0 up through goals from centre-backs Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero before PSG pulled one back five minutes from time through substitute Lee Kang-in .

Another substitute, Gonçalo Ramos , equalised in the fourth minute of added-time to force a penalty shootout in which both Van de Ven and Mathys Tel missed to allow Nuno Mendes to convert the winning spot kick as PSG won 4-3.

Tottenham would have become the seventh English club to win the Super Cup but fell short as a hugely impressive display showcasing a new 5-3-2 system unravelled in the final 20 minutes of the game as PSG

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