Erling Haaland's mouth-watering hat-trick record leaves many PL legends behind

Sports Tak Staff January 22 , 2023

Manchester City striker Erling Haaland scored his 20th, 21st and 22nd PL goals against Wolves on Sunday.

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The hat-trick was his fourth of the season, coming in just 19 matches!

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Here, we take a look at how many matches some of the best strikers take to score four hat-tricks in the PL.

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Second after Haaland is former Manchester United legend Ruud van Nistelrooy, who took 65 games to score 4 hat-tricks!

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Third is former Liverpool forward Luis Suarez, who took 81 games to score 4 hat-tricks.

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Newcastle legend Alan Shearer is fourth, having taken 86 games to score 4 hat-tricks.

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Another Liverpool legend in Robbie Fowler took 89 matches to score 4 hat-tricks.

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The Man City win was an important one as well, with the defending champions reducing the gap to current league leaders Arsenal.

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