Harry Kane is 'loving every minute ' right now as the Tottenham striker prepares to meet up with England for the first time buoyed by a maiden Premier League hat-trick . The 21-year-old 's scarcely-believable rise continues apace , with the Chingford-born forward making it 29 goals in all competitions with his treble against Leicester on Saturday . Kane 's performance helped inspire out-of-sorts Tottenham to a 4-3 win and saw him move top of the top-flight scoring charts - a remarkable feat considering the first of 19 league goals did not arrive until November 2 . Harry Kane celebrates scoring the opening for Tottenham in their 4-3 win over Leicester on Saturday . Kane , who joins up with the England team on Sunday for the first time , taps in the give Spurs the lead . It capped a whirlwind few days for the striker , who on Sunday is meeting up with the England senior squad for the first time ahead of the matches with Lithuania and Italy . ' I ca n't wait , ' Kane said . 'It has been a dream to be called up but obviously I want to go and play . 'There is great competition for places and hopefully I can just do my best whilst I am away and see what happens . ' ( I want to play for England ) like any boy would . That 's what I want to do . 'There is great competition and I have to keep working hard if I want to get a place in the team . ' Kane insists he is able to savour such moments , despite so many things coming 'thick and fast ' . It is form he wants to keep up and , as much as he wants to impress for England , retains a focus on club matters . Kane scores his 28th goal of the season on the eve of joining Roy Hodgson 's England squad . Kane buries this penalty to record his 29th goal of the season as he overtook Sergio Aguero and Diego Costa . Saturday 's win kept Spurs ' hopes of a top-four finish alive and was the perfect response to their insipid display in the 3-0 defeat at Manchester United . 'Obviously we all know that was a poor game from us , ' Kane said , speaking to Sky Sports . 'There is no hiding away from that , but it is how you react . ' I 've always said we 've got a great bunch of lads here and again we 've proved that . We 've come back with a great win today . 'We have got a great squad , we all enjoy it . We 're loving every minute , obviously we want to keep the wins coming and see how far we can get up the table . ' The emotions those connected to Leicester are feeling could not be much different . Kane holds three fingers up after clinching his hat-trick in a perfect precursor to his international debut . Kane applauds the Tottenham supporters as he takes the match ball after the final whistle at White Hart Lane . The Foxes are seven points from safety with only nine matches left after the harsh defeat in north London . City 's performance belied that of a side rock-bottom of the standings and manager Nigel Pearson praised his players ' character afterwards . 'It 's a very disappointing result for us because I think we deserved more , ' he said . ' I do n't think we deserved to be on the receiving end of a defeat today . 'To be 2-0 down after 13 minutes and really stretch one of the top sides away from home all the way to the end is a measure of the commitment that the players have shown today . 'To a man I thought they were really excellent in terms of how they went about trying to win the game . '
Harry Kane joined the senior England squad for the first time on Sunday . Tottenham striker followed national team call-up with three goals . Kane 's hat-trick helped Tottenham to a 4-3 victory over Leicester . Kane said it 's a 'dream come true ' to be picked for England 's Euro 2016 qualifier against Lithuania on Friday and the Italy friendly on March 31 .