Eric Dier is delighted seeing Gareth Bale off the mark for Tottenham.

Bale scored his first Spurs goal for seven years and 166 days after coming off the bench to head the winner in yesterday's 2-1 win over Brighton.

Dier said: “I'm sure he feels great to get his first goal.

“He's up and running again.

“He's obviously getting his match fitness back and he's looking better and feeling better every time.

“We're very excited to have him here and obviously he's helped the team massively today."

A fit-and-firing Bale would complete an exciting front three that also includes world-class talents Harry Kane and Heung-Min Son.

Dier added: “Everyone knows the quality those three have.

“They're all fantastic players and they all have individual quality to create a moment at any time. They have the quality to go [connect] with the rest of the team.

“Gareth's goal was a great ball from Sergio Reguilon and he's finished it off. It's great for us to have that type of quality within all areas.

“I think we have a lot of depth. We also have Steven Bergwijn, Lucas Moura and Erik Lamela who I thought was fantastic today again, the effort he puts in is incredible.

“We've got a lot of options up front to do different things."