Son Heung Min and 6 other players who have scored a PL hat trick from the bench
- Son Heung Min joined a unique list with his hat trick against Leicester City from the bench
- Only six other players have managed a treble of goals from the bench previously in the Premier League
- The likes of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Romelu Lukaku have managed this feat in the past
Very rarely does a manager bring on an attacking player with the thought of him scoring a hat trick in a football match.
But this does not mean that chances of doing so are zero as it was seen on Saturday, September 17 in the Premier League.
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South Korean superstar Son Heung Min came off the bench to completely blow away Leicester City with a 13-minute hat trick as the North London club won 6-2 to keep up with table toppers Manchester City.
Sports Brief now takes a look at six other football stars who have scored a hatrick in the Premier League off the bench
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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer – Manchester United v Nottingham Forest (1999)
At Manchester United, Solskjaer was an archetypal ‘super-sub’ and had developed a reputation of influencing games from the bench.
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This was the case in a game against Nottingham Forest as he scored a hat trick in the final 10 minutes during a PL game in 1999. The one-sided fixture ended in a 8-1 win for United.
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink – Chelsea v Wolves (2004)
It was a memorable afternoon for Hasselbank in 2004 as he scored a treble off the bench against Wolves on his 32nd birthday. He also became the third foreign player to reach a century of goals in the Premier League.
Robert Earnshaw – Charlton v West Bromwich Albion (2005)
Earnshaw’s hat trick came in a game involving Charlton and West Bron as the struggling Baggies took control of the game to win 4-1 thanks to Earnshaw’s hat trick.
Notably, the striker is the only player to have scored a hat-trick in the Premier League, all three divisions of the English Football League, the League Cup, the FA Cup, and for his country in an international match,
Emmanuel Adebayor – Derby v Arsenal (2008)
Adebayor made his way to this list after anhiliating Derby County as Arsenal destroyed the Premier League’s worst ever side to date at Pride Park.
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The Togo international came of the bench at half time to bag a hat trick as the Gunners won 6-2. In the process, Adebayor also became the first player to score a hat trick home and away against the same opposition.
Romelu Lukaku – West Bromwich Albion v Manchester United (2013)
Millenial football fans will remember this one as Sir Alex Ferguson’s last managerial game before retirement produced a bizarre 5-5 scoreline.
United and West Brom shared 10 goals in a pulsating game at the Hawthorns that saw Romelu Lukaku bag a hat trick from the bench to help his side force a draw.
Steven Naismith – Everton v Chelsea (2015)
Naismith was left on the bench for Everton’s clash against Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea in 2015 but when he finally came on, he certainly left a mark.
He was introduced in the place of Mo Besic after just 15 minutes and showed why he should have been in the starting XI with a hat trick from the bench as Everton won 3-1.
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