TOTTENHAM Hotspur captain Son Heung-min and the club’s head coach Ange Postecoglou have won the main English Premier League awards for September.

While Son has been voted September Player of the Month, Postecoglou secured the Manager of the Month prize.

Korea forward Son scored six goals in four matches in September as Spurs defeated Burnley, Sheffield United and Liverpool, and drew with Arsenal, to continue their unbeaten start to the season.

He netted a hat-trick at Turf Moor, a brace in the north London derby, and the opening goal in Spurs’ first victory over Liverpool since 2017.

Son’s award is the second for Tottenham players this season after James Maddison won August’s prize.

Son has now won the award four times in his career, matching Alan Shearer, Thierry Henry, Dennis Bergkamp, Frank Lampard, Paul Scholes, Mohamed Salah, Marcus Rashford, Bruno Fernandes and Jamie Vardy.

Son topped a seven-man shortlist after votes on the EA SPORTS website were combined with those of a panel of football experts.

He beat the likes of Manchester City forward Julian Alvarez, Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah and West Ham’s Jarrod Bowen to the award.

On his part, Postecoglou has made Premier League history by winning September 2023 Manager of the Month award.

The Australian is the first manager to win the award in each of his first two months in the competition, having also claimed August’s prize, the first coach from his country to ever win it.

The last manager to win the first two awards of any season was Jurgen Klopp, in 2019/2020, when Liverpool went on to lift the Premier League trophy.

Postecoglou beat fellow nominees Arsenal’s Mikel Arteta, Aston Villa’s Unai Emery, Newcastle United’s Eddie Howe and Klopp after votes from the public were combined with those of a panel of football experts.

Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes won the Goal of the Month award for his strike against Burnley in the clash his side won 1-0.

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