UDINE, Italy -- Tottenham Hotspur desperately want to be a club defined by winning silverware.

Wednesday's dramatic UEFA Super Cup defeat to Paris Saint-Germain was therefore a brutal early lesson for head coach Thomas Frank in the job he has inherited. Welcome to Spurs, Thomas.

May's UEFA Europa League triumph -- their first trophy in 17 years -- was supposed to herald the dawning of a new era: the shedding of the derogatory "Spursy" tag, created through years of somehow always falling short when the prize was in sight.

This was, in some ways, a step back towards those difficult days. They were 2-0 up with five minutes remaining through goals from center backs Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero before substitutes Lee Kang-In and Gonçalo Ramos struck, the latter in t

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