Erling Haland matched Yakubu Aiyegbeni and Yacine Brahimi’s Champions League record with his hat-trick in Red Bull Salzburg’s 6-2 thumping of Genk in their opening group game on Tuesday night.
The Norwegian youngster, who made his maiden appearance in the Champions League, helped the Mozartstadter to a comfortable first-leg advantage against the Belgian champions, scoring in the second, 34th and 45th minutes.
The performance saw him become the eighth player to have scored a hat-trick on their Champions League debut after former Nigeria international Aiyegbeni, who achieved the feat while playing for Israeli’s Maccabi Haifa and Algeria’s Brahimi, who scored his hat-trick with Porto.