It was, as one German newspaper neatly put it, “Oktoberfest in north London”. Bayern’s festival of attacking football at Tottenham Hotspur on Matchday 2 turned heads across Europe, but perhaps the most surprising aspect was that one player had scored four goals in the 7-2 win – and it wasn’t Robert Lewandowski (pictured above). The prolific Pole would soon put that right.
Whatever they’re serving up at the Bayern canteen this season, it’s working. Serge Gnabry was the club’s star turn at Tottenham, burying his first goal on 53 minutes and completing his hat-trick half an hour later, before adding a bonus effort close to full time. For the former Arsenal winger, it was a night to savour. “North London is RED!!!” joked the 24-year-old on Twitter after notching the first Champions League four-goal haul since 2015, and signposting a surge in personal scoring feats this term.
Hat-tricks, hat-tricks, everywhere. At the time of writing, by the end of Matchday 5, no fewer than seven had been recorded – just two shy of the benchmark for a Champions League season, set in 2016/17. And for the first time in the competition’s history, two players from the same club have now plundered four-goal salvos in the same campaign, with Lewandowski following Gnabry’s example at Crvena zvezda on 26 November, rattling in his quartet of goals in a record 16 minutes.
It was, as one German newspaper neatly put it, “Oktoberfest in north London”. Bayern’s festival of attacking football at Tottenham Hotspur on Matchday 2 turned heads across Europe, but perhaps the most surprising aspect was that one player had scored four goals in the 7-2 win – and it wasn’t Robert Lewandowski (pictured above). The prolific Pole would soon put that right.
Whatever they’re serving up at the Bayern canteen this season, it’s working. Serge Gnabry was the club’s star turn at Tottenham, burying his first goal on 53 minutes and completing his hat-trick half an hour later, before adding a bonus effort close to full time. For the former Arsenal winger, it was a night to savour. “North London is RED!!!” joked the 24-year-old on Twitter after notching the first Champions League four-goal haul since 2015, and signposting a surge in personal scoring feats this term.
Hat-tricks, hat-tricks, everywhere. At the time of writing, by the end of Matchday 5, no fewer than seven had been recorded – just two shy of the benchmark for a Champions League season, set in 2016/17. And for the first time in the competition’s history, two players from the same club have now plundered four-goal salvos in the same campaign, with Lewandowski following Gnabry’s example at Crvena zvezda on 26 November, rattling in his quartet of goals in a record 16 minutes.
Lewandowski aside, what’s noticeable is that a new crop of talents have added themselves to the hat-trick roll of honours. Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have dominated this list for years, but neither have been able to get in on the action so far, with the tone set on Matchday 1 when 19-year-old Erling Braut Haaland scored an eye-catching treble in Salzburg’s 6-2 defeat of Genk. Twenty-four hours later, fellow competition debutant Mislav Oršić put three past Atalanta for Dinamo Zagreb.
After Gnabry’s big night, Manchester City’s Raheem Sterling hit an 11-minute hat-trick against Atalanta, the third fastest in Champions League history. Then it was over to Kylian Mbappé, who terrorised Club Brugge with his first – but surely not his last – European treble, a feat later repeated by 18-year-old Rodrygo for Real Madrid against Galatasaray. Hat-tricks galore – and a fresh cast of names grabbing the headlines.
It was, as one German newspaper neatly put it, “Oktoberfest in north London”. Bayern’s festival of attacking football at Tottenham Hotspur on Matchday 2 turned heads across Europe, but perhaps the most surprising aspect was that one player had scored four goals in the 7-2 win – and it wasn’t Robert Lewandowski (pictured above). The prolific Pole would soon put that right.
Whatever they’re serving up at the Bayern canteen this season, it’s working. Serge Gnabry was the club’s star turn at Tottenham, burying his first goal on 53 minutes and completing his hat-trick half an hour later, before adding a bonus effort close to full time. For the former Arsenal winger, it was a night to savour. “North London is RED!!!” joked the 24-year-old on Twitter after notching the first Champions League four-goal haul since 2015, and signposting a surge in personal scoring feats this term.
Hat-tricks, hat-tricks, everywhere. At the time of writing, by the end of Matchday 5, no fewer than seven had been recorded – just two shy of the benchmark for a Champions League season, set in 2016/17. And for the first time in the competition’s history, two players from the same club have now plundered four-goal salvos in the same campaign, with Lewandowski following Gnabry’s example at Crvena zvezda on 26 November, rattling in his quartet of goals in a record 16 minutes.
It was, as one German newspaper neatly put it, “Oktoberfest in north London”. Bayern’s festival of attacking football at Tottenham Hotspur on Matchday 2 turned heads across Europe, but perhaps the most surprising aspect was that one player had scored four goals in the 7-2 win – and it wasn’t Robert Lewandowski (pictured above). The prolific Pole would soon put that right.
Whatever they’re serving up at the Bayern canteen this season, it’s working. Serge Gnabry was the club’s star turn at Tottenham, burying his first goal on 53 minutes and completing his hat-trick half an hour later, before adding a bonus effort close to full time. For the former Arsenal winger, it was a night to savour. “North London is RED!!!” joked the 24-year-old on Twitter after notching the first Champions League four-goal haul since 2015, and signposting a surge in personal scoring feats this term.
Hat-tricks, hat-tricks, everywhere. At the time of writing, by the end of Matchday 5, no fewer than seven had been recorded – just two shy of the benchmark for a Champions League season, set in 2016/17. And for the first time in the competition’s history, two players from the same club have now plundered four-goal salvos in the same campaign, with Lewandowski following Gnabry’s example at Crvena zvezda on 26 November, rattling in his quartet of goals in a record 16 minutes.
It was, as one German newspaper neatly put it, “Oktoberfest in north London”. Bayern’s festival of attacking football at Tottenham Hotspur on Matchday 2 turned heads across Europe, but perhaps the most surprising aspect was that one player had scored four goals in the 7-2 win – and it wasn’t Robert Lewandowski (pictured above). The prolific Pole would soon put that right.
Whatever they’re serving up at the Bayern canteen this season, it’s working. Serge Gnabry was the club’s star turn at Tottenham, burying his first goal on 53 minutes and completing his hat-trick half an hour later, before adding a bonus effort close to full time. For the former Arsenal winger, it was a night to savour. “North London is RED!!!” joked the 24-year-old on Twitter after notching the first Champions League four-goal haul since 2015, and signposting a surge in personal scoring feats this term.
Hat-tricks, hat-tricks, everywhere. At the time of writing, by the end of Matchday 5, no fewer than seven had been recorded – just two shy of the benchmark for a Champions League season, set in 2016/17. And for the first time in the competition’s history, two players from the same club have now plundered four-goal salvos in the same campaign, with Lewandowski following Gnabry’s example at Crvena zvezda on 26 November, rattling in his quartet of goals in a record 16 minutes.
Lewandowski aside, what’s noticeable is that a new crop of talents have added themselves to the hat-trick roll of honours. Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have dominated this list for years, but neither have been able to get in on the action so far, with the tone set on Matchday 1 when 19-year-old Erling Braut Haaland scored an eye-catching treble in Salzburg’s 6-2 defeat of Genk. Twenty-four hours later, fellow competition debutant Mislav Oršić put three past Atalanta for Dinamo Zagreb.
After Gnabry’s big night, Manchester City’s Raheem Sterling hit an 11-minute hat-trick against Atalanta, the third fastest in Champions League history. Then it was over to Kylian Mbappé, who terrorised Club Brugge with his first – but surely not his last – European treble, a feat later repeated by 18-year-old Rodrygo for Real Madrid against Galatasaray. Hat-tricks galore – and a fresh cast of names grabbing the headlines.
It was, as one German newspaper neatly put it, “Oktoberfest in north London”. Bayern’s festival of attacking football at Tottenham Hotspur on Matchday 2 turned heads across Europe, but perhaps the most surprising aspect was that one player had scored four goals in the 7-2 win – and it wasn’t Robert Lewandowski (pictured above). The prolific Pole would soon put that right.
Whatever they’re serving up at the Bayern canteen this season, it’s working. Serge Gnabry was the club’s star turn at Tottenham, burying his first goal on 53 minutes and completing his hat-trick half an hour later, before adding a bonus effort close to full time. For the former Arsenal winger, it was a night to savour. “North London is RED!!!” joked the 24-year-old on Twitter after notching the first Champions League four-goal haul since 2015, and signposting a surge in personal scoring feats this term.
Hat-tricks, hat-tricks, everywhere. At the time of writing, by the end of Matchday 5, no fewer than seven had been recorded – just two shy of the benchmark for a Champions League season, set in 2016/17. And for the first time in the competition’s history, two players from the same club have now plundered four-goal salvos in the same campaign, with Lewandowski following Gnabry’s example at Crvena zvezda on 26 November, rattling in his quartet of goals in a record 16 minutes.
