On This Day – 16th May
Sadio Mane scored the fastest hat-trick in Premier League history on this day in 2015. It came in a 6-1 win over Aston Villa at St Mary’s
Mane was playing for Southampton at the time and scored three past Aston Villa in just two minutes and 56 seconds. His first came after he broke free of the Villa defence and after a lucky bounce off the onrushing Shay Given, he tapped into an open goal.
His second came after a defensive mix-up and for the second time in a minute, the Southampton forward had the simple task of scoring in an open goal.
A minute later, Mane completed his hat-trick with a placed shot from just inside the penalty area after a cross from Shane Long. The hat-trick beat Robbie Fowler’s record that had stood since 28th August 1994 when he scored all three of Liverpool’s goals in a 3-0 win over Arsenal.
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