Hat-trick hero Kane discusses his memorable week

Daniel Storey

Harry Kane hailed one of the best weeks of his life after he followed up the birth of his first child with a hat-trick in Tottenham’s comfortable win over West Brom on Saturday.

The England forward sat out of the FA Cup third-round victory against Aston Villa after his wife gave birth to daughter Ivy just hours before.

But he returned to put the Baggies to the sword with a hat-trick which, along with Gareth McAuley’s own goal, gave title-chasing Spurs a well-deserved 4-0 win.

Kane opened the scoring before wrapping up the points with a five-minute double in the second half and admitted afterwards it had been a week to remember.

“I’ve not had many better weeks,” the 23-year-old told Spurs TV.

“It’s been a whirlwind of a week, the birth of my daughter, that was incredible, an amazing experience, looking after her all week and then getting ready for this game and to score a hat-trick and win 4-0 in the way we did,

“It’s all been quite surreal really. I don’t think it’s sunk in yet. The baby is there sleeping at home and I look at her amazed that she’s here.

“That was that part of it (the week) and then I’ve been focused on training, I’ve tried to make sure that I’m getting enough sleep at home and the missus (Kate) has been great, making sure I get enough sleep! What a great way to finish the week off.”