The Irishman bamboozled the Spurs defence, and cut in off the left flank before he fired home into the bottom corner with a superbly-taken finish.
The full list of nominees can be viewed below:
| Player | Opponent (Date) | Commentary |
| Aaron Connolly (2nd goal) Brighton & Hove Albion |
Tottenham Hotspur (5/10) | The Irish teenager capped off his full Premier League debut by cutting in from the left and finding the bottom-right corner with a great finish. |
| Douglas Luiz Aston Villa |
Norwich City (5/10) | Douglas picked up the ball just outside the Norwich City penalty area and brilliantly curled it into the top-right corner of the net. |
| Matty Longstaff Newcastle United |
Manchester United (6/10) | Longstaff marked his Premier League debut with a sweet, low drive from outside the area after good work by Jetro Willems. |
| Gylfi Sigurdsson Everton |
West Ham united (19/10) |
Sigurdsson skillfully beat a defender before curling the ball into the top-left corner of the West Ham goal from 25 yards out. |
| David Silva Manchester City |
Crystal Palace (19/10) | Silva latched on to an exquisite, scooped pass over the Palace defence by Raheem Sterling to score with a well-taken volley from close range. |
| James Maddison Leicester City |
Southampton (25/10) | Maddison curled in a fantastic free-kick from 25 yards for Leicester’s eighth goal of the match at St Mary’s. |
| Jay Rodriguez Burnley |
Chelsea (26/10) | Rodriguez surged forward and fired the ball into the top-right corner from over 30 yards. |
| Anthony Martial Manchester United |
Norwich City (27/10) | The Man Utd forward sublimely chipped the ball over Tim Krul from close range after a clever backheel from Marcus Rashford. |
The public’s votes cast for this category will represent 10% of the total, and voting closes at 6pm on Monday 4th November.
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