Harry Kane

Harry Kane is now out on his own as Tottenham's leading goalscorer — after surpassing Jimmy Greaves, the Premier League record is in sight.

He is strong physically, with the ball, without the ball, he fights and he’s strong in the air and acrobatic on the right and the left. A significant hallmark of Kane’s quality and adaptability is that he is the top scorer under every permanent Spurs manager since the arrival of Pochettino — by a distance. I know it’s close but I’ve got to keep on doing what I’m doing for the team, working hard and hopefully the goals will come.” [Son had assisted Kane multiple times in the three Premier League seasons they played together before 2019-20](https://theathletic.com/3142727/2022/02/23/how-kane-and-son-became-one-of-the-best-partnerships-in-premier-league-history/), but often these were cutbacks from Son running in behind a set defence to find Kane for a tap-in. Spurs became more counter-attacking under Mourinho, with a greater reliance on Kane and Son to provide the creative spark in the fewer opportunities they had to get into dangerous areas. This is exacerbated by Spurs often going behind and opponents subsequently sitting deeper, meaning they have to try to get into the box through crosses. Kane has only scored three goals from fast breaks in the following three seasons. In Premier League terms, only Van Persie in 2011-12 (17 left; 12 right) and Son Heung-min in 2021-22 (12 left; 11 right) have matched Kane’s 2017-18 record of scoring 10-plus goals with both feet in a single campaign. Kane is on the last line of defence, with Palace defending in a 4-4-2. Across the history of the Premier League, that puts the pair ahead of Robin van Persie (39 goals with his weaker foot), Romelu Lukaku (34) and Jamie Vardy (32). But as any striker will tell you, service is essential and Kane’s best goalscoring season owes to the peak of Spurs under Pochettino. “If I’m facing up to the goal, I’ll go touch, touch, and then back across (goal) quickly,” Kane said in a 2019 interview.