Sunderland Echo

Golden boot-chasing Kane on fire for slick Spurs

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Harry Kane admitted the Premier League golden boot was on his mind as he hit four goals in Tottenham’s thumping 6-1 win at Leicester last night.

The Spurs striker now leads the scoring charts on 26 league goals – two ahead of Everton’s Romelu Lukaku – heading into the final weekend of the season.

Son Heung-min scored twice for the visitors, while Ben Chilwell’s first Leicester goal proved to be nothing more than a consolatio­n.

England internatio­nal Kane, who hopes to add to his tally against relegated Hull on Sunday, said: “I’ve been thinking a lot about getting on the scoresheet this week.

“It’s the first time I’ve scored four goals and it was a good moment to do it.

“I was looking to get one or two goals at least and then hopefully take it into the last game, now I’m in the driving seat at the minute but there’s still one game to play so I’m not resting on my laurels.

“I’ve got to get out there against Hull and try and score more goals.”

The visitors were untouchabl­e as they sealed their 13th win in their last 16 games in all competitio­ns, having already cemented second place.

Apart from an error from goalkeeper Hugo Lloris which allowed Chilwell to make it 2-1, Tottenham were always on top.

Son teed up Kane for the opener from six yards then scored the second himself with a first-time volley from Dele Alli’s lofted pass.

Kane headed in from pointblank range after more neat work from Son for 3-1 and the South Korean then curled a low shot beyond Kasper Schmeichel.

Dutch frontman Vincent Janssen had a goal disallowed for offside before Kane struck twice more, blasting in from 20 yards in the final minute, then firing in a low fourth from the edge of the area in stoppage time.

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