Harry Kane insists he can handle the burden of being Tottenham’s only centre-forward as he chases his first goal of the season for his club.

Kane failed to break his duck for Spurs in their 1-0 win at Sunderland on Sunday despite scoring twice in as many matches for England during the international break.

Kane struck 31 times in all competitions last season and after their failure to sign Saido Berahino from West Brom, Tottenham are counting on Kane to do a similar job this term. Spurs hope to compete on four fronts but Kane says he is ready for the challenge.

“We have a lot of games coming up and I’m happy to play every game,” said Kane, 22. “I am fit and I’m ready to go. I will play as much as the manager (Mauricio Pochettino) wants me to play. It’s up to him and what he sees in his squad, but I’m ready to go.

“Any striker wants to be scoring so it was great to go away with England and get the two goals. We’ve got a lot of games coming up in the Europa League and we play Arsenal in the Capital One Cup.

“So there are plenty of matches ahead of us and hopefully I can get on the scoresheet for Spurs as soon as possible.”

Kane missed chances at the Stadium of Light but was involved in the excellent move that released Ryan Mason to score eight minutes from full-time and hand Tottenham their first win of the campaign.

Mason took a blow to the knee from Sunderland goalkeeper Costel Pantilimon as he lifted the ball into the net, and he left the ground on crutches. The England midfielder was due to be assessed in the next 24 hours.

With Emmanuel Adebayor released from his contract yesterday/on Sunday, and Roberto Soldado sold to Villarreal, Kane is the only man left from last season’s attacking division.

Kane appears keen to face Qarabag in the Europa League on Thursday but with a derby against Crystal Palace at White Hart Lane three days later, Pochettino might decide to rest him.

Kane added: “We’ve got four home games in all competitions next so it’s a great chance to build on the win at Sunderland. In the four games before that, we played well but we were a tad unlucky. We made a few errors in not keeping hold of the lead so it was important for our confidence to win at Sunderland.”