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.

Thomas Frank can take encouragement from some aspects of Spurs' latest display, despite defeat to Paris St-Germain, says chief football writer Phil McNulty.

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Tottenham twice threw away a lead as they fell to a 5-3 defeat against Paris Saint-Germain in a rollercoaster Champions League encounter. Spurs were out for revenge on the current European champions, who beat them in August’s UEFA Super Cup on penalties.

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.

Holders Paris St Germain showed a never-say-die attitude as they twice came from behind to beat Tottenham Hotspur 5-3 in the Champions League on Wednesday, with two moments of brilliance from Vitinha steering Luis Enrique’s side to victory.

Tottenham were blown away by Paris Saint-Germain in one of the most thrilling Champions League games of the season, with Vitinha bagging a brilliant hat-trick at Parc des Princes on Wednesday.

In earlier games on Wednesday, Folarin Balogun had Monaco ahead of Pafos until an 88th minute own goal allowed the Cypriot side to steal a point with a 2-2 draw. Copenhagen nearly blew a 3-0 lead against Kairat Almaty, but managed to stave off a last-ditch effort to come away with a 3-2 victory.