These two Harry Kane hat-trick stats prove that the man is a goalscoring freak

He just can't stop scoring.

Helpless Southampton felt the full force of Harry Kane's scintillating form as St Stephen's Day as Tottenham handed the Saints a 5-2 festive thumping at Wembley Stadium. Kane, in particular, picked up exactly where he left off before he tucked into his Christmas dinner, scoring his second hat-trick in four days to blow Mauricio Pellegrino's team away. It was the England striker's second treble in a week, but it was also his eighth of a year. That tally means he has scored more hat-tricks in 2017 than Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Robert Lewandowski, Sergio Aguero and Edinson Cavani combined. Considering the considerable goalscoring prowess associated with those five names, it illustrates what a beast Kane has been during the past 12 months. https://twitter.com/btsportscore/status/945654223613714432 More than that, though, only five players have more hat-tricks in their entire career than Kane has managed in 2017. https://twitter.com/danielstorey85/status/945653820134174721 It was a day when Kane also broke Alan Shearer's record for most Premier League goals in a calendar year and when he surpassed Messi as the highest scorer worldwide in 2017. Breaking records for fun. Scoring goals for fun. The man really is a goalscoring freak. In this kind of form, it would take a brave man to bet against the Spurs forward clinching the Premier League Golden Boot come May. https://twitter.com/FoootballPlanet/status/945656536260644864