Tottenham boss Thomas Frank hailed his side's defensive improvement just three games into his reign after comfortably keeping Manchester City at bay to win 2-0 at the Etihad on Saturday.

Thomas Frank's side continued their fine recent form against City courtesy of first half goals from Brennan Johnson and Joao Palhinha

In a moment that perfectly captures the cruel humour of football fandom, a Tottenham Hotspur supporter became an accidental star of social media after getting stuck behind a car with a number plate reading “EZE.” The hilarious clip, shared by the popular football page 433, quickly went viral, mainly because of the impeccable and painful timing.

Tottenham Hotspur were edging closer to signing Eze, but Arsenal surged ahead and wrapped up a deal with Crystal Palace for the England international. Eze is expected to officially join this weekend,

There are two possible responses: optimistic and pessimistic, although there is also scope for readers to leave comments afterwards. Arsenal fans were the seventh-most hopeful (84 per cent optimistic, 16 per cent pessimistic), while Leeds United supporters were the 13th-most (67 per cent optimistic, 33 per cent pessimistic).

Eberechi Eze is close to joining Tottenham after Arsenal backed out of the race. The England international is expected to start for Crystal Palace in the first leg of the UEFA Conference League play-off against Fredrikstad on Thursday before sealing a £60m move to Spurs.

Arsenal players such as Noni Madueke and Gabriel Magalhaes were among those to react to a update regarding their pursuit of Eberechi Eze

There is precedent for Arsenal pipping north London rivals Tottenham to a transfer target's signature at the 11th hour as they look to pull off a £68million coup for Eberechi Eze