"It's fair to say that not winning every single football match, it would be absolutely stupid of me to take a cup with Arsenal on it. Anyone thinking I've done that or the staff has done it ..."
"They've been in the changing room the game before us [on Saturday]. It's normal to say 'give me a cup of espresso' before every game. I think it's a little bit sad in football that I need to be asked a question like that. We are definitely going in the wrong direction if we are worrying about me having a cup of another club. Of course I wouldn't do that. That would be really stupid."
A photo showed Thomas Frank drinking from a coffee cup bearing the Arsenal logo before the Bournemouth match, and the image circulated widely on social media. Frank rejected the notion that he or his staff deliberately used an Arsenal cup, called the idea foolish, and suggested the cup likely came from the previous visitors' changing room, noting routine pre-match espresso requests. The image was viewed as poor optics amid criticism of Tottenham's results. Tottenham lost 3-2 at Bournemouth, have won one of their last five Premier League games, and sit 14th in the table.
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