Bodo/Glimt 2-2 Tottenham VERDICT: Thomas Frank's Spurs caught cold on their return to the Arctic Circle

It will not go down as a perfect 10. This return to Bodo was far from perfect, but Thomas Frank is up to double figures as Tottenham boss with only one defeat.

Moreover, his team have an appetite for a fightback, not a quality many would attribute to Spurs.

They scrambled back from two down to draw at Brighton, then for a point at home to Wolves and now in the Arctic Circle where they were 2-0 down and outplayed for two thirds of the contest before somehow escaping defeat.

Richy brings up a ton

Richarlison emerged as the closest thing they had to a hero on his 100th Spurs appearance but for most of the night looked lost and isolated up front, as if the burden of leading the line every week was weighing heavily.

It is an ominous sign with Dominic Solanke out recovering from ankle surgery, Randal Kolo Muani now out for four games with a dead leg and Mathys Tel omitted from the Champions League squad.

The Brazilian squandered an early chance after a terrific run by Lucas Bergvall, but to his credit, he does keep going and was in the right place, making a nuisance of himself as the 89th-minute equaliser pinballed in the Bodo net.

Captain Chaos

Micky van de Ven won’t forget this shift as Tottenham captain. His foul on Odin Bjortuft cost Spurs an equaliser when they were trailing 1-0. Rodrigo Bentancur scored but a dubious VAR intervention for Van de Ven’s shirt-pull ruled it out.

Moments later, still seething, a scything tackle to release his pent-up fury was punished with a yellow card, then his sloppy pass back to goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario led to Bodo’s second goal.

It was strangely chaotic from a player who has barely put a foot wrong since arriving from Wolfsburg. Here, he lost his composure briefly but went some way towards making amends with a header to pull a goal back, from a brilliant cross by Pedro Porro.

Missed opportunities

Brennan Johnson might feel aggrieved at his peripheral role this season having finished last season as top scorer and Europa League final goal hero, but he did little to prove Frank wrong when restored to his favoured position on the right wing, in Bodo.

Nor did Wilson Odobert on the left flank. It defied the boss’s explanation that his wingers were picked to fit a game plan. Johnson running in behind, arriving in the box and Odobert strong in one-on-one situations.

Spurs improved when the big guns came on, summer signings Mohamed Kudus, Xavi Simons and Palhinha all started on the bench. And they summoned a greater sense of urgency with them on.

Bodo fantastic on plastic

Bodo/Glimt’s prowess on their synthetic pitch is well known. Spurs overcame it in May with strong defensive display and threat on the break. A 3-1 lead from the first leg helped that night because they knew the Norwegians would have to come out and take risks eventually.

When they did, they were able to punish them. But, here, Frank’s team seemed to struggle to find the pace. It didn’t help that the three forwards failed to hold up the ball and carry them out of defence for more than an hour.

In contrast, Bodo set off with confidence, quickly into their rhythm and zipping precise passes to feet and dominating, albeit without creating a clear chance until the penalty in the 33rd minute when Rodrigo Bentancur’s senseless slide belied the frustration creeping into Tottenham’s game.

Slow to make changes

Spurs were lucky not to be more than two down when they launched the fight back. There was the first-half penalty skied high by Kasper Hogh, who also missed from the spot in Bodo’s Champions League opener against Slavia Prague, another sitter fired over from even closer by Sondre Brunstad Fet and scares at the end.

Frank’s team were outplayed in the first half but still resisted making changes at half-time when the game was goalless.

Jens Petter Hauge had fired Bodo ahead before Spurs made a change and had scored a second before the changes started to have an impact.