Thomas Frank has apologised to Tottenham supporters after their 4-1 thrashing at north London rivals Arsenal on Sunday, but refused to blame his defensive system for the defeat.

After Leandro Trossard opened the scoring on 36 minutes, Eberechi Eze scored the first hat trick in a north London derby for 47 years with Richarlison 's sublime long-range strike the only reply Spurs could muster.

Spurs lined up with a five-man defence and had just two shots all match -- ending with an expected goals total of 0.07, the lowest figure of any Premier League team this season.

They have now taken one point from a possible nine against top four rivals Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United and Frank said: "I think it's three different games. I think the United game was a much better per

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