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Spurs’ attack has been exceptionally productive this season, and it looks like three players are going to reach the magic 20-mark in all competitions. In 1960/61, Bobby Smith (33), Les Allen (26) and Cliff Jones (20) all reached that point; Spurs won the double that year.

Harry Kane (19), Dele Alli (16) and Son Heung-min (11) have scored 46 Premier League goals between them at this point in the season; that’s 72% of Tottenham’s goals, more goals than 13 Premier League teams have mustered, and more than double Middlesbrough’s goal tally.

‘That’s because Harry Kane takes all the penalties’.

‘That’s because Dele Alli’s virtually a striker’.

‘That’s because Son Heung-min’s virtually a striker’.

‘That’s because Tottenham have turned their unique mix of possession and pressing into an art-form and create a shit-tonne of chances which their wonderful forward players have converted for fun across the season as a whole’.

Given Spurs’ free-scoring form now, the October/November run of four goals in seven matches seems like a memory buried in a time capsule beneath the White Hart Lane pitch.

Kane had gone off injured against Sunderland, Mauricio Pochettino could not decide between Son and Vincent Janssen as his stand-in, and the fluency that has developed as the season has progressed had not yet arrived.

Dele and Christian Eriksen were struggling a little for form, and Pochettino was toying with a 4-1-4-1 with limited success. Kane returned with a goal against Arsenal and followed it up with two late strikes to secure a huge win against West Ham.

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It was a few weeks later, after the return from injury of Toby Alderweireld, that Spurs started to experiment with a 3-4-3, and Spurs went on a run of nine games in which they scored at least two goals in each and 27 in total.

Pochettino’s squad is blessed with a wonderful combination of attacking midfield players who complement one another in the most natural way. The skillsets of each tessellate so perfectly that it seems to almost be by design – who would have thought it?

With Kane creating the perfect platform -- with his unique blend of back-to-goal brilliance, movement in the box, and work rate in the channels -- he allows others to flourish.

Dele’s out-to-in runs and movement off the shoulders of defenders have seen him score poachers goals across the season, but he also has the ability to score from range, as with his wonderful curling effort against Watford (not forgetting his brilliance at Crystal Palace last season).

Eriksen is the archetypal schemer, the brains behind the outfit, constantly buzzing around the edge of the box, playing give-and-goes, slowly drawing defenders out of position before unlocking low blocks with a deftness of pass that can sometimes feel as though it has been lifted out of a computer game.

He maintains and controls possession, becoming the hub of our ‘cycling’ of the ball and almost always having the last or second to last pass.

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Son Heung-min has a ‘head down and run’ directness that can sometimes frustrate -- when he runs straight into a defender, or his touch gets away from him (he has more unsuccessful dribbles per match (2.5) than successful dribbles (2.0)) -- but this ‘playing on the edge’ style is a type of bravery which is under-appreciated, and when it comes off it almost inevitably leads to chances being created.

Son is not a player that stands out in many statistical analyses. He’s 46th in the Premier League for the most dribbles per game, 59th for the most key passes per game, and 15th for the most shots per game -- unfortunately handshakes per minute are not yet recorded.

But his movement off the channels and ability to time his arrival in the box are attributes which are often not heralded but which elevate him above similar players in his position.

He attempts to commit defences (either through running with the ball or without it) incessantly until something happens, and his ability to score with both feet is so vital.

In fact, the two-footedness of both Son and Eriksen adds a dynamism to the team that makes us all the more unpredictable and difficult to defend against.

When Eriksen first moved to the right(-ish) in our 3-4-3, I was slightly concerned about whether this would result in him finding less space and being unable to effect the game in the middle of the pitch, coming in on his weaker foot.

But his willingness and ability to use his left has rendered my theory a little ridiculous.

Dele and Son’s feet are as quick as Eriksen’s brain, and with speed of thought and action combining, Spurs have found the perfect storm of creativity and productivity.