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Polish and Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski has emerged as the best fastest hat trick scorer in the UEFA Champions League, the hat trick was completed in 10 Minutes, 27 seconds in the match between Bayern Munich of Germany and Red Bull Salzburg of Austria on Tuesday night.
The second -leg UCL game played at Allianz arena the home ground of Bayern Munich ended 7-1 in favour of the home side after the first leg in Austria ended in a 1-1 stalemate.
The record has ensured that Marco Simeone’s record of 24 minutes and Claudio Pizzaro’s 33rd minute record have all been beaten and the duo moved to 2nd and 3rd in that order.
The Polish striker had three goals to his name by the 23rd minute – the earliest anyone has ever completed a hat-trick in a Champions League game – as Bayern shook off their early nerves to crush Salzburg.
With his 3 goals in the game, Lewandowsky has now scored 85 Champions UCL goals in 104 games overall.