Mohamed Salah of Liverpool achieved the quickest Champions League hat-trick Wednesday night, scoring three goals in six minutes after coming off the bench against Rangers.
The Egyptian international came in in the 68th minute, replacing Darwin Nunez, and contributed to a 7-1 victory over the Scottish Premiership team.
Salah's three goals in six minutes and 12 seconds increased the margin from 3-1 to 6-1.
Diogo Jota assisted on all three goals. This is the first time this has happened since Franck Ribery assisted three Mario Gomez goals for Bayern Munich against Basel in March 2012.
Bafetimbi Gomis of France formerly held the record for the quickest triple in Champions League history.
In the 2011-12 group stage, he scored three goals in eight minutes for Olympique Lyonnais against Dinamo Zagreb.
After the game, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp talked to BT Sport (via the Mirror).
“He played a different position,” he said. “A bit more inside, but of course, he is an outstanding player, as we all know, and today he showed it.”
The goals came at the right time for Salah’s confidence ahead of the club’s Premier League game against Manchester City on Sunday.
Klopp added: “This had nothing to do with the City game, but of course, it is better to get some confidence and some flow, but we now have to prove consistently.
“I don’t have to say it all the time, but I get asked all the time.”
