Christian Eriksen is ‘one of the best’ free-kick takers, says Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino

Double Dane: Eriksen scored two free-kicks against Swansea
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Sam Long4 October 2015

Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino has hailed Christian Eriksen's ability from set piece situations after the Dane's two free kicks helped Spurs to secure a 2-2 draw against Swansea City.

The 23-year-old has missed three Premier League games through injury this season but returned to his best in South Wales and rescued a point for the north London club after they had twice fallen behind to Garry Monk's side.

Eriksen's double represented his first goals of the season and Pochettino is adamant the midfielder has reinforced his reputation as one of the Premier League's best dead ball specialists.

"He is a very important player for us and if you give him chances to shoot he can have an impact on the game," Pochettino said.

"He is one of the best at dead-ball situations, it is hard to say he is the best but he is one of the best. He has natural ability but he also spends time working on it

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"They were great free-kicks, he has quality when he shoots and delivers a free-kick."

Tottenham dominated Sunday's game for long period but struggled to make the pressure count and the Argentine coach is adamant that his side were disappointed not claim all three points.

"We have maybe dropped two points. We are disappointed with the result but not the performance or effort.

"We were a bit unlucky, you need luck in football to win the game, and we played better than Swansea.

"We did not win the game because of an own goal but Harry does not need to worry about it. He does a lot for the team."

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