Harry Kane has credited Jose Mourinho for his upturn in creativity at Tottenham and says he is playing at an all-time high - right before facing Manchester City.
Spurs face City this weekend as Mourinho lines up against old rival Pep Guardiola once again. With the North London side having started the season in good form, it is sure to be an interesting clash that could send Spurs eight points ahead of City with a win and potentially top of the Premier League.
Kane credits Spurs' good start as being down to the influence of Mourinho, celebrating a year in charge this week, who he says has brought the best out of both him and teammates such as Son Heung-min.
"It's been great to have him just at the training ground, on the training field," said Kane to the Independent.
"Just learning and seeing how he goes about his business, seeing how he deals with different situations and problems, so that's all been great to learn.
"I think he saw in my game that I like to drop deep so he made it clear to the others – like Sonny, Stevie [Bergwijn], [Gareth] Bale, [Eric] Lamela, Lucas [Moura], all these players – that if I do drop deep then they need to be the ones running in behind.
"I think that's been the real difference. It's allowed me to create space and get the ball but have an option going forward as well. Yeah, he's been great and I look forward to obviously the months ahead and getting on really well."
Kane's form has come after he started occupying more deeper roles that can sometimes see the England star playing more as a number 10 in a creative position that sets up chances for others.
The forward insists he has not thought about where his favoured position and that he is focused on just performing well.
He said: "I think obviously I've still been playing as a nine as well and I think that's the beauty of what's been working well this season.
"I'm still a number nine, I can still run in behind, I still hold up the ball, I still bring others into play.
"But then obviously I can drop deep into them little holes as well, so for a defender difficult to know what to do – whether to come and stay with me or stay in their position.
"Look, I'm still 27 so I'm not really thinking about prolonging my career at the moment. But, for me, it's just about performing every week and I feel like I'm doing that probably at the highest I've ever done it."
