Andre Villas-Boas believes Aaron Lennon's impressive display against Reading helped inspire Tottenham to a 3-1 victory on New Year's Day.
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Spurs went behind at White Hart Lane with Pavel Pogrebnyak's early opener, but Michael Dawson restored parity soon after, before second-half efforts from Emmanuel Adebayor and Clint Dempsey sealed the win.
Lennon made it a forgettable afternoon for Royals left-back Ian Harte, with the England winger behind many of the hosts' most potent attacking forays.
Villas-Boas was full of praise for the tricky pace merchant, telling Sky Sports: "He has been massive. Sometimes he lives a little bit in the shadows, he recognises he can be at another level in terms of his performances.
"He has been tremendous for us, not only creating but scoring too. It is creating within himself a winning mentality for Tottenham.
"It is important for the fans to see his desire and commitment in every single game and he was superb for us today."
Villas-Boas is pleased with the character his side have shown of late, but is not getting too carried away with their recent form.
He said: "It is very early stages but it was important for us to pick up so many points in this period. We can only make it better if we continue to get points, we have to continue on this level of form, we cannot drop.
"We have QPR away and then Manchester United at home and for us to continue to push for these places we just need to continue with this type of form."
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