Tottenham star Kane equals Shearer's Premier League goalscoring record with Burnley hat-trick

The England striker has now scored 36 league goals in 2017, which is the same amount the Newcastle legend managed in 1995

star Harry Kane equalled Alan Shearer's record for most goals scored in a calendar year after netting a hat-trick against .

The striker has now scored 36 times in the English top flight in 2017 - the same number legend Shearer managed in 1995.

Kane scored a first-half penalty against Burnley before finding the back of the net twice after the break to achieve the feat.

36 - Harry Kane (36 goals in 35 games during 2017) now shares this Premier League record with Alan Shearer (36 goals in 42 games in 1995). Target. https://t.co/h5Gnq5fFEW — OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) 23 December 2017

The international - who started the game on 33 goals - moved above Thierry Henry (34 in 2004) and Robin van Persie (35 in 2011) en route to levelling up with Shearer.

Kane, 24, will have the chance to set the all-time record when Tottenham take on in the league on Boxing Day.

The hat-trick against Burnley was also his seventh for Spurs in 2017 - with five of those coming in the Premier League and one apiece in the and .

7 - Harry Kane has now scored seven hat-tricks for Tottenham Hotspur in 2017 - five in the Premier League, one in the FA Cup and one in the Champions League. Hotshot. pic.twitter.com/a6DD3FnxgG — OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) December 23, 2017

46 – Only Edinson Cavani (50) and Lionel Messi (50) have scored more club goals in Europe’s big five leagues (all comps) in 2017 than Harry Kane (46). Elite. pic.twitter.com/rn7s3udNUY — OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) December 23, 2017

Only PSG hitman Edinson Cavani and superstar Lionel Messi (50 each) have scored more club goals in Europe's top five leagues in all competitions in 2017 than Kane, who has 46.

Kane's hat-trick helped inspire Tottenham to a big victory over high-flying Burnley on Saturday with Mauricio Pochettino's men leapfrogging rivals into fifth in the table in the process.