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Manchester City's Erling Haaland became the first player in Premier League history to score a hat-trick in three consecutive home games in the competition after his treble against Manchester United on Sunday. Remarkably, the Norway international now has 17 goals in just 11 games for the Citizens.

Another followed in his next appearance at the Etihad in October, the 6-3 derby victory over Manchester United as he became the first player to grab three successive hat-tricks at home in Premier League history in the process.

36 different players have scored a "perfect" hat-trick in the Premier League since its inception, but only two players have achieved this feat more than once: Robbie Fowler has scored three (all for Liverpool) and Yakubu has scored two (one each for Blackburn Rovers and Everton).

The following season he appeared more often in the Bryne 2 squad and he scored his first career hat-trick on 19 September 2016, aged 16 and 2 months, in an away 5–3 win over Vard Haugesund 2 in the Group 6 of the Norwegian fourth tier.

Only six players – Les Ferdinand, Ian Wright, Didier Drogba, Wayne Rooney, Harry Kane (twice), and Erling Haaland – have scored hat-tricks in two league games in a row. Thierry Henry scored hat-tricks in two appearances in a row (which were a month apart, since he did not play for a month).

750 save% for the Wild. Miller, Eriksson Ek and Kaprizov's hat tricks were the first time a team has scored three hat tricks in a game since 1992. That game saw Jari Kurri, Luc Robitaille and Mike Donnelly combine for three hat tricks for the Los Angeles Kings in their 11-4 win over the San Jose Sharks.

Erling Haaland already has five Premier League hat-tricks to his name, reaching the milestone in just 39 Premier League appearances. In doing so, he smashed the previous record for the fewest games needed to score five Premier League hat-tricks, previously held by Ruud van Nistelrooy, who needed 73 games.

On 23 September, 1995, three of that decade's greatest goalscorers – Leeds United's Tony Yeboah, Liverpool's Robbie Fowler and Blackburn Rovers' Alan Shearer – notched hat-tricks.

Michael Owen is the youngest player to score a hat-trick in the Premier League. He scored three goals against Sheffield Wednesday in February 1998 at the age of 18 years and 62 days, breaking former team-mate Robbie Fowler's record from five years previous (October 1993).

Fastest Football League hat-trick: Perhaps the most extraordinary story of the lot, Bournemouth brought James Hayter (140 secs) on as a sub against Wrexham in February 2004 with just six minutes left of the match. Two minutes 20 seconds later he had bagged a treble.

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Erling Haaland: US$58 million. The Norwegian superstar scored 52 goals in competitions last season, breaking the record for a Premier League player. His success has attracted competition, prompting Manchester City to reopen contract talks, reports Forbes.

"Even though he was physically a bit inferior to the others, he scored so many goals that we thought 'Wow, imagine when he's big and strong'." It was only years later, around the age of 15, that Haaland hit a growth spurt, soaring to 194 centimetres (6 feet 4 inches).

Robert Earnshaw (born 6 April 1981) is a Welsh former international footballer who played as a forward. He is the only player to have scored a hat-trick in the Premier League, all three divisions of the English Football League, the League Cup, the FA Cup, and for his country in an international match.

Players with most consecutive hat-tricks in history

Josef Bican set the record after scoring 5 consecutive hat-tricks and 19 goals in total in the Bohemia and Moravia league between 17 November 1939 and 19 March 1940.

Watch each of Erling Haaland's six hat-tricks so far in his incredible debut season at Manchester City. The Norwegian arrived at the Etihad Stadium last summer from Borussia Dortmund with a formidable goalscoring reputation.

Fernando Hierro scored three hat-tricks in his career. The first was on 30 November 1991 on the 12th round of the 1991–92 La Liga, the second on 21 October 1992 in the second round of 1992–93 UEFA Cup and the third on 24 March 2002 in the 2001–02 La Liga.

Witness history in the making! Watch Erling Haaland score an UNBELIEVABLE 9 goals in a single match for Norway at the FIFA U-20 World Cup 2019.

Leg-spinner Amit Mishra has recorded three IPL hat-tricks, the most by any bowler. He took his first hat-trick for Delhi Daredevils in 2008 against Deccan Chargers.

Bet you didn't know cricket teams scored hat-tricks! A player gets a hat-trick when they score three goals in one game, but the use of the term actually didn't start on the football pitch. The phrase came from cricket, and was used when a bowler took three wickets from three consecutive balls.