Tottenham's Christian Eriksen has revealed studying Italy international Andrea Pirlo is the secret behind his dead-ball brilliance.
Eriksen produced two superb free kicks as Spurs twice fought back from deficits to draw 2-2 at Swansea in the Premier League on Sunday.
They were the Denmark midfielder's first goals of the season after an injury-hit start to the campaign, but the 23-year-old has underlined his reputation as one of the best free kick exponents in English football.
"I've watched Pirlo taking free kicks and he makes it look so easy," Eriksen said. "When he's there [over the ball] he knows what to do.
"But everybody has a different position of doing it. I know I have my own and it's working."
Eriksen said that he had not even been practising free kicks because of a knee injury which ruled him out for a month until mid-September.
"I've done it for many years but I haven't really done it since I was injured -- I think my practice was in the game because we had a lot of free kicks," Eriksen said.
"But I know what feeling I have to step over the ball and score. I've always had a good shot and take free kicks.
"At Ajax I only took them at the end of my time there, but at some point it turned after a lot of training and a bit of focusing."
Spurs have lost only once this season, away to Manchester United on the opening day, and have now gone 10 games without defeat in all competitions.
And Eriksen believes Spurs can maintain their progress with Mauricio Pochettino now in his second season at White Hart Lane.
"There's always been a good spirit here and, although some new lads have come in, everyone knows what they have to do," Eriksen said.
"It's a good mix and with the more games we get the more we know each other.
"We have had to learn a lot of things pretty quick but now we have the time to build on something and you can see we know what we're doing.
"Everything is still open because a lot of teams are losing points, but that makes it a fun season."