Harry Kane is no.1 in his position

Mauricio Pochettino hailed record-
breaker Harry Kane as one of the best in the
world and said hard work is the secret to the
striker's success after Tottenham's 5-2 win over
Southampton.
Kane scored a second hat trick in three days
following his treble at Burnley to break Alan
Shearer's 22-year-old record for Premier League
goals in a calendar year and surpass Lionel Messi
as the top scorer for club and country in 2017
among players in elite European leagues.
Kane finished this year on 56 goals for club and
country, of which 39 have come in the Premier
League.
"For me, he's world class," Pochettino said. "I
think today, [number] one striker in the world,
specific position. Who's better than him?
"I think he's one of the best because it's difficult
to say he's the best but today he showed to
everyone that he's one of the best."
He added: "When you are at this level, you need
to fight with all your determination to keep at this
level.
"To do this, you need to work hard, more than
before, be more professional and more focused. If
you achieve something and you say, 'I need to
run 10 metres but I will run only nine,' you will
cheat yourself, and that is a massive problem.
"The most important thing is to keep the same
mentality. The secret is to work hard every day.
You cannot say no for one day. That is the secret
of the big players like Harry, Cristiano Ronaldo,
Messi and company. You cannot afford not to
work every day."
Either Messi or Ronaldo finished as the top
scorer in Europe's top five leagues every year
from 2010 to 2016 and the Spurs manager added:
"Both [Harry's] achievements are massive.
"To break the Premier League record set by Alan
Shearer and then if you see the last seven or
eight or nine years always Messi and Cristiano
and today it's Harry Kane, a player from
Tottenham, a massive achievement and we feel
it's our achievement, something we share with
his teammates and the club.
"And to score these goals at 24. He is not only a
massive talent, how he is as a person and a
professional it's amazing to work with him."
Kane had scored three league goals and was a
relative unknown when Pochettino was appointed
Spurs manager in May 2014 but he has now
scored 96 in the top flight and one more will take
him level with Teddy Sheringham as the club's
all-time leading Premier League scorer.
"It's an amazing story for us, as a coaching staff,
when you look at him play -- not only feel happy
[but] so proud of all this he has achieved," said
Pochettino, who added that Tuesday match was
so open it could have finished 7-4 to Spurs.
"It's double happiness because he's a player you
trust and after all that he is today, he deserves
because he is professional and takes care of
himself and he scores goals."
Kane said: "I'm very proud. Messi and Ronaldo
have dominated football for so long and they're
two of the greatest players ever so it's an honour
to even be compared to them.
"I'll keep working harder, it's about finding little
percents to get better and doing things on the
training ground to make you better. There's a
great staff here and a great manager here who
will keep pushing me, don't you worry about that!
"I'll have to take [my teammates] out for dinner
to thank them!"