The 21-year-old continued his incredible season by putting three past Leicester City in a thrilling Premier League game, celebrating his first senior England call-up
Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino paid tribute to Harry Kane after the young striker celebrated his first England call-up by scoring a hat-trick in Saturday's 4-3 Premier League win against Leicester City.
With national boss Roy Hodgson watching on from the stands at White Hart Lane, Kane moved on to 19 top-flight goals this season - making him the division's top scorer.
"It was great. If a striker scores three goals, the performance is always great," Pochettino said.
"Fantastic performance. I am very pleased for him - that's the first time he's had three goals in the Premier League in one game.
"Harry is part of Tottenham. I'm happy for him but I think we worked hard. It was a difficult game but it's true Harry is a very important player for us. He's in a very good moment in his career."
Spurs had squandered a two-goal lead to allow Leicester to draw level before a penalty handed Kane his hat-trick goal, with Jeffrey Schlupp's own goal ensuring that David Nugent's injury-time strike was only a consolation for the league's bottom side.
Pochettino feels that the way Tottenham allowed their opponents back into the game should prove a valuable learning experience for his side, who were beaten 3-0 at Manchester United last time out.
"Maybe it's part of the process because we are a very young team and we need to improve," the Argentine noted. "After this season, we need to improve our defensive game. After Manchester United, it was important to win."
The Spurs boss also confirmed that goalkeeper Hugo Lloris was taken to hospital after being taken off injured following a collision with Kyle Walker in the fourth minute.
"We don't have news, he's in the hospital and we are waiting for the doctor now," Pochettino explained. "We hope that nothing big is wrong but we are waiting for the news. It's a big cut on the tendon on his knee."
