Harry Kane will finish 2017 as the top goalscorer in elite European football with 56 goals for club and country -- one more than Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi -- and he broke Alan Shearer's 22-year-old record for Premier League goals in a calendar year with 39.

Here we take a look at the Tottenham striker's stellar 2017, month-by-month ...

JANUARY
Kane got 2017 off to a flyer, scoring Spurs' first two goals in a 4-1 win at Watford on New Year's Day. He did not find the net in the win over Chelsea or the draw at Manchester City but in between he bagged a brilliant hat trick against West Brom. January finished in frustration as he was kept quiet in a 0-0 draw at Sunderland, denting Spurs' title push.

Best goal: vs. West Brom (4-0): Kane completed his first of seven hat tricks in 2018 by volleying home Dele Alli's scooped pass.

FEBRUARY
Kane scored only hat tricks in February, firing trebles past Championship club Fulham in the FA Cup fifth round and Stoke City in comfortable Spurs wins.

Best goal: vs. Stoke (4-0): Kane scored his second goal of the match with a brilliant first-time left-foot volley from Christian Eriksen's corner -- one of his best goals of the year.... <<< read more >>> @ www.galatixnews.com