Paris Saint-Germain overpowered Tottenham in the end, but there were encouraging signs for Thomas Frank's side in the French capital.

Thomas Frank continued to show a worrying lack of clarity as to the shape of his best XI; once more, big summer signing Xavi Simons was left on the bench, but returns to the starting XI for Archie Gray, Lucas Bergvall, and Pape Matar Sarr (with no wide attackers in the lineup) seemed to signify a defense-first approach once more.

Frank proved he can get the team to press high in a concerted way, even against a good opponent, as they did for much of the first half. Archie Gray and Lucas Bergvall provided energy and purpose in midfield, two things that Tottenham have lacked this year. The front pair worked well and caused PSG problems.

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