Harry Kane scored a hat-trick
in Tottenham’s final day victory against Hull, finishing the Premier League
season with 29 goals and retaining the Golden Boot.
The Spurs striker and England
international trailed Romelu Lukaku by two goals heading into the penultimate
match of the season, but scored four times against Leicester to move into the
lead.
He then struck three times
against already relegated Hull to end up with 29 Premier League goals – three
more than the 25 he managed last season.
Lukaku managed to score in
Everton’s match against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium to finish with 25
goals, while Alexis Sanchez netted in the same match to end up on 24 goals for
the season.
Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero
meanwhile scored twice in Manchester City’s match against Watford to finish
with 20 goals for the season, meaning he shares fourth-place on the top-scorers
list with Chelsea’s Diego Costa.
Kane’s haul of 29 goals is
particularly impressive considering that he has suffered two serious injuries
this season and has only featured in 30 league matches for Tottenham this
season. He also averages a goal far more frequently than his strike rivals.
The 23-year-old now has a very
impressive total of 78 goals in 113 Premier League matches for Tottenham, and
after his match-winning performance against Leicester he revealed he had set
himself the target of reaching 100 goals by the end of next season.
And Mauricio Pochettino also
has a target in mind for his star striker next season.
“Next season, it’s the
challenge for him to score 30 goals,” he told journalists in his final
post-match press conference of the season.
“He can. He’s still young,
still improving. He is going to learn and that is the most important thing for
players.
“It’s fantastic for him. His
team-mates and the fans are so, so happy about that. Congratulations to him. He
is one of the best strikers in the world.
“He is already one of the best
strikers in the world. It is difficult to say who is the best but he is one of
them.”
Kane has a similar target in
mind, and claimed after the Leicester match that he wanted to hit a century of
Premier League goals by this time next year.
“I said to someone the other
day it would be great if I can get to that 100 club by the end of next season.
“The biggest thing I'm proud of
is that I had two big injuries and was out for 11 weeks so to still be there at
the top of the Premier League and to score 30-plus goals [in all competitions]
is a big achievement.”
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