Christian Eriksen has urged Tottenham to push on from their impressive victory over Stoke when Brighton visit Wembley on Wednesday night.
Having endured a four-match winless run in the Premier League, Spurs were back to their best as a scintillating second-half display helped them to a 5-1 win over the Potters.
Only a Ryan Shawcross own goal separated the sides at the interval but man of the match Heung-min Son doubled the lead before Harry Kane scored a brace and Eriksen added the fifth late on.
Christian Eriksen has urged Spurs to push on from their 5-1 thrashing of Stoke on Saturday
Shawcross headed in a consolation for the visitors but Tottenham had long-before wrapped up a vital three points, with Eriksen now wanting a similar showing when they host Chris Hughton’s Seagulls in midweek.
‘Our possession was a bit better against Stoke than it has been lately,’ he told the club’s official website.
‘When you score goals it makes it easier and more fluent and we now have to do the same things on Wednesday.
‘It will be tough again, Brighton will probably look for a point – we want all three.’
The Dane scored Spurs’ fifth after Harry Kane and Heung-min Son set them on their way
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While Kane’s second effort saw him reach 50 for the club and country in the calendar year, he was outshone by Son as the South Korea international terrorised the Stoke back three.
The 25-year-old has put on a string of impressive displays recently but was full of praise for his team-mates for helping him to deliver.
‘I always try to give options on the left,’ he said. ‘The movement from Harry and Dele (Alli) make it easier because I can go one against one, sometimes cross, sometimes shoot.
‘We showed at 2-0 that we had the confidence to play, everyone wanted the ball, everyone wanted to score. We had even more chances. We’re really happy to get these three points.’
Eriksen has encouraged his team-mates to push on after ending a four-match winless run
Despite shipping five goals, Stoke goalkeeper Jack Butland was superb, keeping out Son, Kane and substitute Erik Lamela on numerous occasions.
But the England international knows improvement is needed throughout the team if they are to avoid being pulled further into the battle for top flight survival.
‘Now you find out what kind of characters we’ve got,’ he told the Stoke Sentinel.
‘We need to show fight not just (in our next game at Burnley) on Tuesday but for the rest of the season.
‘If we continue to show performances like that against anyone we are going to struggle.
‘It’s all well and good having talent and ability in the squad but we’ve got to make sure are working hard and competing at the levels we need to compete. Today we weren’t.’
The midfielder predicted another tough encounter when Spurs host Brighton on Wednesday