"He's capable of that," said the assistant manager Chris Hughton, in lieu of Martin Jol but with all the Dutchman's understatement, wrote Matt Scott in The Guardian.
Spurs went ahead when Robbie Keane converted a penalty when Matthew Upson was adjudged to have fouled the Irishman.
"I haven't had the chance to see it again yet but sometimes you just look for first reactions and we had enough players around the incident that thought it was a penalty," added Hughton.
Paul Robinson summarised proceedings: "We build from a solid defence but we have players who can break teams down. It took a while against Birmingham but we eventually got the penalty and we went on from there."