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Southampton midfielder Sadio Mane obliterated the record books on Saturday by the scoring the quick hat-trick in Premier League history.
Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler had held the record since 1994, having scored a treble against Arsenal in just 4 minutes and 33 seconds.
That feat seems like a lifetime compared to the bar set at St Mary’s.
The Senegalese star scored his hat-trick against Aston Villa in a staggering 2 minutes and 56 seconds, as Ronald Koeman’s side stormed to a 3-0 lead over Tim Sherwood’s side in the opening 16 minutes of the match.
As soon as the ball hit the back of the net to complete his hat-trick, Twitter erupted…
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Mane scored the fastest hat trick in Premier League history. 2 minutes, 56 seconds. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=9&id=222025&p=https://t.co/4x8PMBL9n3" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-45916-https://t.co/4x8PMBL9n3" data-vars-event-id="c23">https://t.co/4x8PMBL9n3</a>— Football Vines (@FootballVines) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/FootballVines/status/599550618919899136" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-45916-https://twitter.com/FootballVines/status/599550618919899136" data-vars-event-id="c23">May 16, 2015</a>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Watching Mane's Hat Trick in the last three minutes... <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BPLonNBC?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-45916-https://twitter.com/hashtag/BPLonNBC?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#BPLonNBC</a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=9&id=222025&p=http://t.co/c7tOaMkTfj" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-45916-http://t.co/c7tOaMkTfj" data-vars-event-id="c23">pic.twitter.com/c7tOaMkTfj</a>— NBC Sports Soccer (@NBCSportsSoccer) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/NBCSportsSoccer/status/599545893520592897" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-45916-https://twitter.com/NBCSportsSoccer/status/599545893520592897" data-vars-event-id="c23">May 16, 2015</a>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">FACT: Sadio Mane has just scored the quickest hat-trick in the history of Premier League football - 2mins 56 secs! <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=9&id=222025&p=http://t.co/rv2fwKAHHE" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-45916-http://t.co/rv2fwKAHHE" data-vars-event-id="c23">pic.twitter.com/rv2fwKAHHE</a>— BBC Sporf (@BBCSporf) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/BBCSporf/status/599546522607419392" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-45916-https://twitter.com/BBCSporf/status/599546522607419392" data-vars-event-id="c23">May 16, 2015</a>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="sk">2.53 holy shit Mané— Ben Mc Brien (@benmcbrien7) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/benmcbrien7/status/599546786668216320" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-45916-https://twitter.com/benmcbrien7/status/599546786668216320" data-vars-event-id="c23">May 16, 2015</a>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">That is absolutely sensational, Mane you absolute boy — James Voisey (@JSVoisey) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/JSVoisey/status/599546783782543360" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-45916-https://twitter.com/JSVoisey/status/599546783782543360" data-vars-event-id="c23">May 16, 2015</a>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Bloody hell! Sadio Mane scores the fastest hat-trick in Premier League history as Saints lead Villa 3-0 at home. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=9&id=222025&p=http://t.co/aiSzW9bBoX" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-45916-http://t.co/aiSzW9bBoX" data-vars-event-id="c23">pic.twitter.com/aiSzW9bBoX</a>— Marathonbet (@marathonbet) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/marathonbet/status/599545626335010816" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-45916-https://twitter.com/marathonbet/status/599545626335010816" data-vars-event-id="c23">May 16, 2015</a>
Word soon reached Fowler that his record was no more...
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Getting a lot of messages here... What's happened— Robbie Fowler (@Robbie9Fowler) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/Robbie9Fowler/status/599547830068469760" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-45916-https://twitter.com/Robbie9Fowler/status/599547830068469760" data-vars-event-id="c23">May 16, 2015</a>
