Mauricio Pochettino's Tottenham side are beginning to look like Real Madrid in terms of style, according to Garth Crooks.
Tottenham have endured a tough start to their year-long residency at Wembley, but their away form in the Premier League has been sensational with three wins on the road in September.
Spurs capped a fine month with an impressive 4-0 victory at Huddersfield on Saturday, with Harry Kane (two), Ben Davies and Moussa Sissoko all scoring.
Davies also added an assist to his goal, with fellow wing-back Kieran Trippier setting up both of Kane's early efforts to cap a fine day for Pochettino's wing-backs.
Neither full-back would necessarily have been expected to be a starter going into the 2017-18 season this season, but Kyle Walker's exit to Manchester City, coupled with Danny Rose's continued knee problems, have opened up opportunities on both flanks.
Former Spurs forward Crooks, who chose both defenders in his BBC Sport Premier League team of the week, wrote: "If Guardiola is trying to get Manchester City to play in the style of Barcelona then you could be forgiven for thinking that Mauricio Pochettino looks like he is developing a team in the image of the current Real Madrid side.
"The one-touch football played by Spurs against Huddersfield was, at times, mind-blowing. The goal which involved practically every member of the Tottenham team, resulting in a memorable finish by Ben Davies, was just pure quality from start to finish."
Crooks was similarly effusive of Trippier's display, writing: "I noticed Kieran Trippier when he played for Burnley against Spurs at White Hart Lane, and he stood out then.
"That seems a long time ago, but if you had asked me then was this lad capable of playing Champions League football, I would have told you he had an awful lot of work to do.
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"But that is precisely the point. Trippier came to Spurs with serious competition for his place in the starting line-up. But the young full-back seems to have done it. He's been a consistent member of the first-team squad for some time and is playing with bags of confidence in a Spurs set-up bristling with confidence.
"Huddersfield Town never laid a glove on Spurs all afternoon in Yorkshire. As for Trippier's performance, it was of the highest order. Everything he seemed to do was done with such finesse and quality. It was a Trippier header that set up Harry Kane's first goal, and it was nothing short of genius."
But while Spurs head into the international break full of confidence, Crooks has warned them that no less than a trophy will do - even if their football is scintillating to watch.
"While I get the feeling Spurs fans could watch this style of football forever, regardless of the outcome, it would be a crime if the team couldn't crown these sorts of displays with a trophy at the end of the season," he added.
"There is only Manchester City who can live with the football Spurs are producing at the moment, and if they could transfer that into silverware then never mind Harry Kane being the best Tottenham striker that ever lived, this could be the best Spurs team."