Finishing the season as the Premier League’s top scorer has done little to numb Tottenham striker Harry Kane’s pain after Spurs not only lost out to Leicester City in the title race but saw bitter rivals Arsenal climb above them on the final day.

Tottenham’s impressive season floundered in the final weeks as they picked up just two points from their final four games, including a 5-1 hammering by relegated Newcastle on Sunday that allowed Arsenal to finish above them for the 21st year in a row.

Kane won this season’s Golden Boot with 25 goals, one more than Leicester’s Jamie Vardy and Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero, but the forward said personal glory was overshadowed by his side’s woeful finish.

“It would have been nicer to have won the golden boot on a better day,” Kane told British media.

“For me, it’s a little bit of a good feeling but overall I’m gutted we haven’t finished the season off strong.

“That definitely makes it harder because we know how much it means to the fans and how much it means to the club. When people think Arsenal had a bad season and we’ve had a good one, yet they still finish above us, it hurts.”