How Erling Haaland’s hat-trick record compares to Premier League legends

How Erling Haaland’s hat-trick record compares to Premier League legends

Norwegian’s latest hat-trick sets new speed record leaving Thierry Henry and Harry Kane in his wake

By Richard Foster for The Football Mine

As Erling Haaland nonchalantly lifted the ball over Lukasz Fabianski in the 83rd minute to complete his eighth Premier League hat-trick, he joined an elite trio of players. Thierry Henry, Michael Owen and Harry Kane have all scored the same number of hat-tricks but it took them appreciably longer than the Manchester City striker to reach that mark. This was the Norwegian’s 69th appearance, while Henry achieved the feat in 258 matches, Kane 320 and Owen 326.

It was also the second time that Haaland has scored successive league hat-tricks, after his three goals against Ipswich the previous week. In his first season he opened his hat-trick account against Crystal Palace on 27 August 2022 and then repeated the trick four days later against Nottingham Forest. Only six players have ever scored hat-tricks in consecutive Premier League matches.

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