4) Fastest Hat-trick in the UEFA Champions League
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Although both Ronaldo and Messi hold the record for the most number of hat-tricks in the Champions League with five each, neither of the two have scored the fastest hat-trick, which belongs to current Swansea striker Bafetimbi Gomis.
Gomis achieved the feat when he was playing for Lyon in the Champions League against Dinamo Zagreb when he scored a hat-trick within eight minutes. That is an incredible record to have, one he would definitely want to tell his grandchildren.
The fastest hat-trick that Messi has ever scored is when he took 22 minutes to complete his treble against Arsenal in the quarter-finals second leg in the 2009/10 season. He went on to score four goals in the match, overturning the deficit when they lost in the first leg of the quarter-finals by a score of 2-1.
The fastest hat-trick Ronaldo has scored in the Champions League came when he took 12 minutes to score a treble against Malmo in this year’s Champions League group stages. He scored four goals in that match when Real Madrid thrashed Malmo by eight goals to nil.
