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Tottenham Hotspur have the perfect opportunity to embrace the pace against Manchester City in the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final.

Harry Kane picked up a potentially serious ankle injury in the second half of the encounter before Son Heung-Min scored the winner at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

On the chalkboard

Spurs, of course, have been forced to deal with a Kane layoff before this season.

The England captain tore his ankle ligaments in the 1-0 defeat to Manchester United at Wembley and subsequently missed encounters against Fulham, Watford, Newcastle United and Leicester City in the Premier League.

They won all four of those games, with Son scoring in each one, including the winner against the Magpies.

Kane was also absent from the Champions League last-16 first leg tie against Borussia Dortmund and Spurs won 3-0, with Son scoring the first goal.

In that game, Mauricio Pochettino lined up with Lucas Moura and Son as his forwards, with Christian Eriksen in behind.

Both players offer the one attribute that Kane lacks; pace.

There is also the possibility of moving Dele Alli into a more advanced role but one feels as though Tottenham need to embrace the fluidity offered by the more attacking duo further forward.

Flexible and fluid

Son and Lucas playing together may well bamboozle Pep Guardiola's side.

Both are adept at featuring on the flank, but they each have the ability to play through the middle as well.

City do not have a great deal of pace in the centre of defence and there are myriad options afforded to Pochettino by playing the duo.

Each player could start on their respective flanks and drift inside, swapping with each other and a false nine – potentially Alli – to confuse the City defence.

One feels that Spurs need to score at the Etihad to progress, so difficult is it to keep a clean sheet against them when they are at home.

Playing both attackers together increases the chances of doing just that.