5 interesting stats from Matchday-4 of UEFA Champions League 2019-20

#2: Rodrygo becomes the third 18-year-old player to score a UEFA Champions League hat-trick

Real Madrid's Brazilian sensation Rodrygo became the second teenager this season and fifth overall, to score a UEFA Champions League hat-trick in his club's 6-0 thumping of Galatasaray.

The three-goal haul made Rodrygo only the second 18-year-old and the second-youngest player ever to score a hat-trick in the competition. Los Blancos legend Raul remains the youngest player to score three goals in a UEFA Champions League game when he netted thrice against Ferencvaros in the 1995-96 season.

Rodrygo's perfect hat-trick made him the 96th different player to score a UEFA Champions League hat-trick and the youngest Brazilian player to do so.

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