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Valencia 5-0 Malaga: West Ham flop Simone Zaza stuns with nine-minute hat-trick to keep unbeaten run going

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Simone Zaza scored a hat-trick inside nine minutes as Valencia routed Malaga 5-0 in La Liga.

The Italy international, who experienced an ill-fated loan spell with West Ham last year, struck three times between the 54th and 63rd minutes after Santi Mina had opened the scoring for Valencia, with substitute Rodrigo adding a fifth late on.

Los Che maintained their unbeaten record, though this was their first win in four games, against a Malaga side that have opened their league campaign with five defeats from five.

Simone Zaza of Valencia celebrates scoring his team's fourth goal with team-mate Santi Mina
Simone Zaza of Valencia celebrates scoring his team's fourth goal with team-mate Santi Mina
The Italy international scored three times in the space of nine second-half minutes
The Italy international scored three times in the space of nine second-half minutes

Zaza had already had one goal disallowed for offside when Mina headed home the 17th-minute opener and it remained 1-0 until the break.