Tottenham became only the second club in Europe's five major leagues to reach 100 goals in all competitions this season after their 4-1 victory over Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Sunday, giving coach Jose Mourinho a chance to strike back against his critics.
The only other club to reach 100 goals this season in the five major European leagues is Bayern Munich (106 goals).
Ahead of their current three-game winning streak in the Premier League, Tottenham was falling apart and Mourinho's tactical tactics came under scrutiny.
But the 4-0 win over Burnley last week and then the victory over Palace on Sunday, a match in which Harry Kane and Gareth Bale cooperated in a wonderful way to score two goals each, returned Tottenham to sixth place and the competition to finish the season in the semi-finals.
Mourinho told reporters, "If the statistics that I received are correct, namely that we have scored 100 goals this season, then this is fine for a defensive team."
Tottenham is waiting for the European League final match against Dynamo Zagreb next Thursday, then the North London summit against Arsenal.
Tottenham are also looking forward to the League Cup final against Manchester City as their season returns to life.
"It was a good week for us," Mourinho said. "We played 3 games and scored 9 points, and for next week, when we play a decisive match in the European League and then meet Arsenal, there is nothing better than entering these two confrontations with 9 points this week."
Bale scored 25 minutes later, but Palace equalized with a Christian Benteke header in the last minute of the first half.
Several weeks ago, this goal might have affected Mourinho's team, but he responded with force and Bale brought it back to the front before Kane scored a great goal and then concluded the quartet with a header after a pass from Son Heung-min.
Mourinho said, "We can see the level of confidence in the players at this moment when you shake your net in the last minute of the first half and the second half begins in a very positive way and without being affected by the reception of this goal."
"It was a great goal ... when I saw the ball leave his feet, I knew it was going into the goal," said the Portuguese coach, speaking of the duo, Kane and Bale. "Bale needs to enjoy the positive talk about him after everyone doubts his abilities during the first half of the season. ".