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          How Spurs sustain attacking success

          Harry Kane and Christian Eriksen have led Tottenham's recent rise. Can they keep it up? Olly Greenwood/AFP/Getty Images
          • Adrian Melville, ESPN Insider
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            • Joined ESPN in 2013 as a soccer Insider
            • Worked previously at NBC, Major League Soccer and Opta (UK)
            • Played college soccer at Princeton and professionally for the New England Revolution and Santo Andre, a second-division club in Brazil
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          Feb 10, 2015, 09:00 AM ET

          After losing 3-0 to Chelsea in early December, Tottenham sat 10th in the Premier League table and its 18 goals barely ranked among the top half of Prem teams. Since then, Spurs have gone 7-1-2 in league play, and the club's Prem-high seven wins have propelled it to fifth place. This flourishing stretch is largely due to the team's improved attack, as Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino appears to have found the right combination of attacking players to supplement emerging star Harry Kane.