Dhaka, Aug. 23 -- Tottenham Hotspur manager Thomas Frank said his players needed no extra motivation for their dominant 2-0 Premier League victory over Manchester City on Saturday following the fallout from their failed bid to sign Ebereche Eze.

The Crystal Palace forward had looked poised to join Spurs last week before their arch-rivals Arsenal, his boyhood club, moved in to scupper the deal.

"Never, ever use one word about any player who is not in our club (for motivation)," Frank said.

The snub clearly stung Spurs fans, however, as an Eze painting on a wall near Arsenal's Emirates Stadium was defaced by vandals throwing white paint over it.

Spurs, though, continued their impressive recent league record at Etihad with their third wi...