The France international came close to beating David Villa's record with an astounding flurry of goals to kill off Sporting's resistance
Kevin Gameiro wrote himself into La Liga's history books with the second fastest hat-trick of all time for Atletico Madrid on Saturday.
Struggling to overcome a dogged Sporting side, Diego Simeone's men were deadlocked at 1-1 when the Frenchman scored his first goal, after 80 minutes.
But if Atleti thought that was the highlight of the game, they were mistaken, as Gameiro embarked on an incredible scoring run to kill off the game.
The ex-Sevilla man netted his second instants later with a cool finish, and rounded off his hat-trick in the 85th minute converting from close range.