Tottenham’s two fledgling talents breathe life into Frank’s project

Paris Saint-Germain 4-3 Tottenham Hotspur (Vitinha 45′, 53′, 76′ pen, Ruiz 59′, Pacho, 65′, Hernandez red card 90+3′ | Richarlison 35′, Kolo Muani 50′, 72′)

PARC DES PRINCES — That’s more like it. That’s the way Tottenham Hotspur supporters want their team to play. Fledgling starlets fronting the youthful revolution.

On paper, conceding five goals in defeat is hardly the panacea to Spurs’ recent ailments. But, as has been said in many a north London pub in the past few days, there is a way to lose, and in Paris, to the vivaciousness of European champions Paris Saint-Germain, this was it.

Sunday’s defeat to Arsenal saw the side of Thomas Frank that Tottenham supporters have fervently insisted they never want to bear witness to again: death by near-zero passes.

Frank had to take a lon