Tottenham boss Thomas Frank has apologised to fans for their dismal 4-1 defeat at Arsenal, as Spurs goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario admitted they showed no fight against their north London rivals.Spurs' wretched loss saw them produce the lowest expected goals by any team in a Premier League match so far this season, with their 0.07 xG surpassing their previous record-low of 0.12 xG registered in their 1-0 home defeat to Chelsea at the start of November. Just 22 days on, Spurs slumped to another abysmal defeat as they slipped to ninth in the table, having won just three of their last 11 games in all competitions. Arsenal 4-1 Tottenham - Report and highlightsLive PL table | Watch FREE PL highlightsTottenham news & transfers⚪ | Spurs fixtures & scores Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player FREE TO WATCH: Highlights from Arsenal's match against Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League The meek defeat at the home of their local rivals was labelled "embarrassing" by ex-Spurs striker Les Ferdinand, forcing Frank to say sorry to the club's fans.The Dane told Sky Sports: "It's extremely painful. It was a bad performance and completely the opposite of what the intention was before we came here. "We can only apologise to the fans for this performance. "No matter if the team went to play a bit short, they got on top of that, and we couldn't get out. Also See: Got Sky? Watch now on the Sky Sports app Not got Sky? Get instant access with no contract Watch FREE Premier League highlights Live Premier League table "They were stronger in the duels and we couldn't get out of those duels. When it went long, with the duels and second balls, we didn't win enough of those."On the day, a bad performance that we lost. "I've seen a lot of fight and character in this team [in the past] but one big thing we didn't do well enough was winning the duels."We can call that whatever we want to call it, but we didn't win enough duels."He added in his post-match press conference: "It's fair to say that we are very disappointed and unhappy with the performance today. I don't want to run away from that."As I said, I apologise to the fans. I think it's also fair to say where we're coming from - we finished 17th last year, and we're trying to build something, Which (👉 Read also: Which teams are on course for the Champions League knockouts?) today didn't look like we tried to build something."Vicario: We didn't fight Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Tottenham goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario reflects on a disappointing north London derby loss to Arsenal Spurs suffered a fourth successive defeat against Arsenal, with the Gunners' 4-1 win their joint-biggest Premier League victory over them.Vicario, a member of Tottenham's leadership group under Frank, also apologised to fans and criticised the team's fight in the loss as they now turn their attentions to another tough task, as they visit Champions League holders Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday."It was a very bad night for us," the Italian told Sky Sports. "First of all, ...
Frank apologises for 'painful' Spurs loss | Vicario: We didn't fight
