It’s the 2nd month of the ‘prestigious’ NextGoalWinner’ Player of the Month award, and this month’s Premier League winner keeps the award in North London, and the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with their no.9 Harry Kane.

Tottenham have had a very up and down October, with wild results and memorable moments that lit up the Premier League this month, and Harry Kane linking up with Son Heung-min has shown that Mourinho may well be working some magic spells, to defy the odds and make Tottenham title challengers in this turbulent season.

So what exactly did Kane do to earn the big award? Well if you were living under a rock this month, allow us to fill you in. And Harry, move the World Cup golden boot award, the countless hattrick balls and your Champions League runner-up medal to make space for your finest achievement yet.

Good work Harry lad.

The Stats

Kane reached his 8th Premier League assist in just 6 games so far this season, leading many commenters to predict that he may be the man to break the league assist record set by Henry and matched by De Bruyne last season. This month also saw Kane pass his own personal league assist record, of 7 assists in the 2016/2017 campaign. 3 of the assists came in his 3 October matches, with 1 in all 3 league games in the month. This consistency and unselfish addition to his game allowed those around him to flourish, in particular Son who bagged 4 goals this month and could have easily challenged Kane to claim the award for the 2nd month running.

Kane also continued his remarkable goal scoring form, with 2 goals against Manchester United and 2 in the dramatic draw against West Ham. This took him to 5 goals for the season, and his 148th Premier League career goal, 112 away from the infamous Alan Shearer record.

According to WhoScored’s rating system, Kane recorded an average 9.02/10 rating for his 3 performances in October, including a 10/10 in the West Ham match. Some more stats for the nerds among you, is that Kane managed 17 shots in October, managed 6 key passes and made 3 successful dribbles. Some more surprising stats from the month arguably, are his defensive performances, making 3 blocks and 3 clearances in the games.

October truly showed a rounded performance from a no.9. Making assists, defensive contributions and quality team performances, Kane and Spurs have genuinely got many wondering how far Mourinho could take this side.

Match By Match

October 4th: Manchester United 1-6 Tottenham Hotspur – What a game, and what a result for Mourinho’s men. He truly got revenge on his old club who, in his opinion, showed no respect for the ‘special one’. It was truly dominant over the 90 minutes, and Kane was the spearhead of the whole performance. Although some didn’t actually have him down as man of the match in this one, he bagged 2 goals and an assist in the game which delivered Manchester United their joint highest Premier League defeat since the infamous Manchester City game back in 2011. He had 3 of his 7 shots on target in the match, made 3 key passes with a pass accuracy of 88.5% and received a 9.44/10 rating. A dominant team performance, with Kane leading the line.

October 18th: Tottenham Hotspur 3-3 West Ham – Once again, what a game! This one possibly not so exciting for Spurs fans, but another barnstormer for the neutral viewer. The dominant first 45 minutes that could have had Tottenham leading by 5 or 6, only to be pegged back in the final stages of the game, and the wonder strike from Lanzini to level things up. Prior to the comeback, Kane and Spurs were truly dominant, with Harry netting twice and linking up with Son for the assist in just the first 16 minutes. Over the entirety of the match, Kane had 3 shots out of 6 on target, made 2 key passes and had a 76% pass accuracy. Despite the eventual result, a truly impressive performance from the Englishman.

October 26th: Burnley 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur – A fairly tame affair, given the previous 2 matches for the North London side, but 3 points nevertheless, and another assist for Kane in the deciding goal, finished by Son. In a relatively quiet game by Kane’s October standard, with 4 shots, 0 on target, 1 key pass and just a 7.62/10 rating. A solid performance by anyone’s standard, but for Kane this October this was a pretty quiet day at the office.

Additional Acknowledgements; Harry also played 38 minutes of Spurs’ surprising loss to Antwerp in the Europa League group stage match, after having sat out their previous group game at home to LASK. Admittedly, the European campaign for Kane hasn’t truly gotten up and running, however should Mourinho’s men make it out of the group, their talisman will feature heavily in the latter rounds.

Also, during the 3 match international break through October, Kane had a fairly average run in the England side, missing out the friendly win vs. Wales, playing 24 minutes in the impressive result over Belgium and then captaining the side in the loss to Denmark.

A real mixed bag across Europe, however his Premier League performances showed Kane at his peak level, banging in goals and adding some big assists to his game.