EPL: Tottenham 5-2 Southampton
Harry Kane scores his and Tottenham's second goal
Harry Kane surpassed Alan Shearer's record for Premier League goals in a calendar year after netting his eighth hat-trick of 2017 in Tottenham's 5-2 win over Southampton.
Shearer's record of 36 goals, set in 1995 while at Blackburn Rovers, was beaten when Kane headed in the simplest of finishes (22) at Wembley on Boxing Day.
A second followed for Kane (39) before half-time, while the England international also netted Spurs' fifth of the afternoon with an exquisite finish to end the year with 39 Premier League goals.
Quick-fire strikes from Dele Alli (49) and Heung-Min Son (51) had put the game beyond Southampton before Sofiane Boufal reduced the deficit (54), while Dusan Tadic netted a consolation late on (82).
The victory lifts Tottenham up to fifth while Southampton have now gone seven league games without a win.
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Tottenham's early pressure paid off midway through the first half, with Kane just one yard out when nodding in from Christian Eriksen's pin-point delivery to break Shearer's record with arguably his easiest finish of the year.
Spurs did have a scare moments later, but Hugo Lloris used the post to hep keep out Danny Rose's looping header back after it had looped over the goalkeeper.
Kane put Spurs in control before half-time, rounding off an intricate team move after Alli had picked out Son, who then laid it on a plate for the striker.
After the break, Mario Lemina was within a whisker of pulling one back for Southampton, but after he hit the bar from distance, Spurs extended their lead further.
First Alli curled an effort past Forster from the edge of the box, while two minutes later he turned provider for Son, who slotted the ball home after Nathan Redmond had originally given the ball away.
Boufal squeezed an effort past Lloris for Southampton's first, but three minutes later Kane delightfully lifted the ball over Forster to complete his sixth Premier League hat-trick of 2017.
Tadic did manage to score a late consolation for Southampton after Lloris could only parry the lobbed effort into the net.
A second followed for Kane (39) before half-time, while the England international also netted Spurs' fifth of the afternoon with an exquisite finish to end the year with 39 Premier League goals.
Quick-fire strikes from Dele Alli (49) and Heung-Min Son (51) had put the game beyond Southampton before Sofiane Boufal reduced the deficit (54), while Dusan Tadic netted a consolation late on (82).
The victory lifts Tottenham up to fifth while Southampton have now gone seven league games without a win.
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Tottenham's early pressure paid off midway through the first half, with Kane just one yard out when nodding in from Christian Eriksen's pin-point delivery to break Shearer's record with arguably his easiest finish of the year.
Spurs did have a scare moments later, but Hugo Lloris used the post to hep keep out Danny Rose's looping header back after it had looped over the goalkeeper.
Kane put Spurs in control before half-time, rounding off an intricate team move after Alli had picked out Son, who then laid it on a plate for the striker.
After the break, Mario Lemina was within a whisker of pulling one back for Southampton, but after he hit the bar from distance, Spurs extended their lead further.
First Alli curled an effort past Forster from the edge of the box, while two minutes later he turned provider for Son, who slotted the ball home after Nathan Redmond had originally given the ball away.
Boufal squeezed an effort past Lloris for Southampton's first, but three minutes later Kane delightfully lifted the ball over Forster to complete his sixth Premier League hat-trick of 2017.
Tadic did manage to score a late consolation for Southampton after Lloris could only parry the lobbed effort into the net.