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An early-season look at the Tottenham fixture list is unlikely to have resulted in too much attention on Champions League clash at home to Copenhagen.
The competition's league-phase format can create a lack of jeopardy and the assumption would have been that even a rotated Spurs side could have got the job done.
Coming in between Premier League showdowns with Chelsea and Manchester United, it looked an opportunity to secure a straightforward win and move on to bigger things.
Now, though, it feels like a huge night for Thomas Frank. After Saturday's dismal 1-0 defeat to Chel

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