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Harry Kane secures golden boot with hat-trick against Hull (video)

By Charlie O'Connor Clarke

HULL, ENGLAND - MAY 21: Harry Kane of Tottenham Hotspur scores his sides second goal during the Premier League match between Hull City and Tottenham Hotspur at the KC Stadium on May 21, 2017 in Hull, England. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)
HULL, ENGLAND - MAY 21: Harry Kane of Tottenham Hotspur scores his sides second goal during the Premier League match between Hull City and Tottenham Hotspur at the KC Stadium on May 21, 2017 in Hull, England. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images) /
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The Spurs star bagged his second hat-trick of the week on the last day of the season.

Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane clamped down decisively on the Premier League’s scoring title Sunday with three goals against Hull. The young English star helped Spurs beat up on the relegated Tigers, winning 7-1 at KCOM Stadium.

Kane effectively locked up the game for his team early on, scoring in the 11th and 13th minutes to make it 2-0 right off the bat. He later completed the hat-trick in the 72nd minute, putting it past David Marshall to make it 5-1 for Tottenham.

Spurs also had goals contributed by Dele Alli, Victor Wanyama, Ben Davies, and Toby Alderweireld to bury Hull and give them a rude farewell to the Premier League.

Here’s a clip of Kane’s third goal at Hull. Dele Alli’s assist came off a poor giveaway by the defender, sending the striker in all alone.

The performance is Kane’s second match-ball effort of the week, as he put four goals past title-holders Leicester on Thursday. These seven goals in two games vaulted Kane to the top of the Premier League’s golden boot race, putting him past Everton striker Romelu Lukaku late in the season. Kane now has 29 total goals this season, well surpassing Lukaku’s 25.

Sunday’s showing makes Kane just the fifth player ever to score a hat-trick in back-to-back Premier League games. It’s also the sixth three-goal game of Kane’s Premier League career and his fourth of this season.

Kane also put three goals past West Brom and Stoke this year, both in home games at White Hart Lane. His two season-ending hat-tricks came away from home, in arguably Tottenham’s best two performances of the year.

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Spurs finished 2016-17 strong, securing one of their most successful seasons in recent memory. Tottenham ended up second in the league table, their highest end-of-season placing since 1963. Having qualified for the Champions League for the second year in a row, next year they’ll be hoping to advance past the group stage.

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