Harry Kane breaks records in Spurs rout

Harry Kane scored a second successive hat trick to break the record for the most English Premier League goals in a calendar year as Tottenham thrashed Southampton 5-2 yesterday.

After netting three times at Burnley on Saturday, Kane delivered another treble at Wembley Stadium to take his league tally for 2017 to 39.

"It was hard not to think about it going into the game being level," Kane said. "As always, I wanted to win the game first and foremost but of course I wanted to score as a striker. To get that goal early on and get that record was a great feeling and I could enjoy the rest of the game."

Each goal broke new ground for Kane; his first took him clear of Alan Shearer's 36 Premier League goals in 1995; the second saw him overtake Lionel Messi as the player from Europe's five major leagues to have the most goals (56) for club and country in 2017; and the third gave him a record sixth Premier League hat trick in a calendar year.

Manchester United lost more ground to league leader Manchester City with a second straight draw. After conceding a last-seconds draw to Leicester on Saturday, United came from two down at halftime to draw with Burnley 2-2 in the last minute.

Substitute Jesse Lingard scored twice for United.

Chelsea eased past Brighton 20 as Alvaro Morata scored on his return from suspension.

Watford ended a run of six games without a win as it came from behind to defeat Leicester 2-1.

Three goals in the last 10 minutes saw Bournemouth and West Ham draw 3-3, extending the Cherries' winless run to eight games.

Huddersfield and Stoke drew 1-1, and Alan Pardew was still without a win after six games in charge of West Bromwich Albion after a goalless draw with Everton.

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Standings

PW Man City 19 18 Man United 20 13 Chelsea 20 13 Liverpool 20 10 Tottenham 20 11 Arsenal 19 10 Burnley 20 9 Leicester 20 7 Everton 20 7 Watford 20 7 Huddersfield 20 6 Brighton 20 5 Stoke 20 5 Southampton 20 4 Newcastle 19 5 Crystal Palace 19 4 West Ham 20 4 Bournemouth 20 4 West Brom 20 2 Swansea 20 3

League One D L F A Pts 1 0 60 12 55 4 3 43 16 43 3 4 34 14 42 8 2 46 23 38 4 5 39 20 37 4 5 34 23 34 6 5 18 17 33 6 7 30 30 27 6 7 24 30 27 4 9 29 35 25 5 9 18 32 23 6 9 15 25 21 510234120 7 9 20 30 19 311192918 6 9 16 29 18 610223818 511183117 9 9 14 27 15 413113113

Yesterday Gillingham-Oxford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-1 Southend U-Charlton . . . . . . . . . . . .3-1 Blackburn R-Rochdale . . . . . . . . . . . .2-0 Blackpool-Scunthorpe . . . . . . . . . . .2-3 Bradford C-Peterborough . . . . . . . . .1-3 Bury-Rotherham United . . . . . . . . . .0-3 Doncaster R-Northampton . . . . . . . .3-0 MK Dons-Plymouth Argyle . . . . . . . .0-1 Oldham-Fleetwood T . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-2 Portsmouth-AFC Wimbledon . . . . . .2-1 Walsall-Bristol Rovers . . . . . . . . . . . .0-0 Wigan-Shrewsbury . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-0

PW D L F A Pts Wolves 24 17 4 3 45 19 55 Bristol City 24 13 8 3 39 24 47 Cardiff 24 14 5 5 35 22 47 Derby 24 13 6 5 38 21 45 Leeds 24 13 3 8 37 27 42 Sheffield Utd 24 13 2 9 39 29 41 M’brough 24 11 5 8 32 23 38 Aston Villa 24 10 8 6 32 24 38 Preston 24 9 10 5 27 23 37 Ipswich 24 11 310373336 Fulham 24 9 8 7 33 31 35 Brentford 24 8 10 6 37 32 34 Nottingham 24 10 113334131 Sheffield Wed 24 7 9 8 30 29 30 Norwich 24 8 610243030 Millwall 24 6 9 9 26 27 27 Reading 24 7 611293227 QPR 24 6 9 9 26 34 27 Hull City 24 5 811374123 Barnsley 24 5 712253622 Burton 24 5 514174320 Sunderland 24 3 10 11 28 42 19 Bolton 24 4 713234319 Birmingham 24 4 515123517

League Two

Yesterday Grimsby Town-Mansfield T . . . . . . . .1-1 Cambridge-Barnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-0 Carlisle-Accrington S . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-1 Cheltenham-Yeovil Town . . . . . . . . . .0-2 Chesterfield-Crewe . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-2 Crawley Town-Colchester . . . . . . . . .0-2 Exeter City-Forest Green Rs . . . .Aband. Lincoln City-Stevenage . . . . . . . . . . . .3-0 Morecambe-Notts County . . . . . . . . .1-4 Port Vale-Coventry City . . . . . . . . . . .1-0 Swindon Town-Luton T . . . . . . . . . . .0-5 Wycombe-Newport . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-0

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