Brighton wide midfielder Diego Gomez has won the Premier League goal of the month award for October, as was widely expected, for his 56-yard strike in the home match against Crystal Palace. The award follows Lewis Dunk's win in taking the Guinness prize, and Albion players have now won three of the last four such awards, counting Kaoru Mitoma's volley at Tottenham in April.

Gomez had already been a strong contender for the November prize after opening the month with a 25-yard left-foot effort at home to Brentford. He is currently away with Paraguay, who are playing two friendlies in Singapore. He was left out of the starting XI against the host nation on Friday, as head coach Gustavo Alfaro looked at younger players, and came on after 78 minutes to help complete a 4-1 win, with former Albion colleague Julio Enciso scoring the final goal.S1

Gomez and Enciso are expected to feature more prominently against Japan, a tougher test that ends at about 3.30pm on Tuesday UK time. Gomez will then return to face Hull City on Sunday.S1

Elsewhere in the awards, Tottenham Hotspur manager Roberto De Zerbi was named Premier League Manager of the Month for October, with Brighton's Fabian Hurzeler also shortlisted. It is the first time in exactly two years that a Spurs manager has won the award, the last being Ange Postecoglou in October 2023, who had won it for a third straight month. The win came after Spurs' three-match winning streak, which has since been snapped, and is seen by supporters as a possible start to a turnaround in the club's fortunes, although some fans remain wary of a long-held belief that the award can precede poor results.S2S1