It took just six minutes for Mohamed Salah to score a special hat-trick.
In Liverpool‘s 7-1 win over Rangers FC on Wednesday in the UEFA Champions League group stage, Salah scored a hat-trick in just six minutes and 12 seconds, making it the quickest period to achieve the feat in the history of the competition.
The 30-year-old winger replaced Darwin Núñez in the 68th minute and scored his first goal in the 75th. His last two goals came in the 80th and 81st minutes respectively, which marked his place in the record books.
Here was the goal that sealed the hat-trick, which was a finesse shot just inside the right edge of the box, an area Salah has made his own throughout his career.
So, which other players have scored hat tricks in an incredibly fast fashion? Let’s take a look:
What are the fastest hat-tricks in UEFA Champions League history?
Salah’s time edged the previous record holder by two minutes. Here’s a look at the fastest hat-tricks in Champions League history, according to UEFA:
- Mohamed Salah, six minutes: Liverpool 7 – 1 Rangers FC (10/12/2022)
- Bafétimbi Gomis, eight minutes: Lyon 7 – 1 Dinamo Zagreb (07/12/2011)
- Mike Newell, nine minutes: Blackburn 4 – 1 Rosenborg (12/6/1995)
- Raheem Sterling, 11 minutes: Manchester City 5 – 1 Atalanta (22/10/2019)
- Cristiano Ronaldo, 11 minutes: Real Madrid 8 – 0 Malmö (08/12/2015)
- Robert Lewandowski, 11 minutes: Bayern Munich 7 – 1 Salzburg (08/03/2022)
- Robert Lewandowski, 12 minutes: Bayern Munich 6 – 0 Crvena zvezda (26/11/2019)
- Luiz Adriano, 12 minutes: Shakhtar Donetsk 7 – 0 BATE Borisov (21/10/2014)
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