On Saturday, Atletico Madrid defeated Real Sociedad 4-0 in La Liga thanks to four goals from Alexander Sorloth in the first thirty minutes of play.
On Saturday, Atletico Madrid defeated Real Sociedad 4-0 in La Liga thanks to four goals from Alexander Sorloth in the first thirty minutes of play. Atletico strengthened their hold on third place thanks to the Norwegian striker’s quadruple, while La Real fell to 12th.
Carles Bestit of Europa and Mundo of Valencia also scored trebles by the 15th minute in 1929 and 1941, respectively. Still, Sorloth’s hat-trick in the first 11 minutes was the fastest in La Liga history. “It’s a good feeling and I just had one of those days today,” Sorloth told DAZN.
“The ball just seemed to drop to my feet, I was ready in the box, everything went in and (there were) also good passes from my team-mates, so… amazing.”
Since joining Atletico last summer, Diego Simeone has frequently used Sorloth as a super-sub, but in a disastrous beginning period, the 29-year-old proved his abilities right away.
Sorloth’s Four Goals Breakdown
After seven minutes, the former Real Sociedad forward opened the score with a deadly goal from Pablo Barrios’ cross after tearing through the Basque defence.
Sorloth jumped once more in the tenth minute, hammering home from the box’s edge beyond Alex Remiro’s dejected dive. The hilarious Real Sociedad defence gave him the third goal in the eleventh minute, and the striker snatched up his close-range opportunity. This goal marked the fastest hat-trick in La Liga history (3 goals in 11 minutes).
After Javi Galan found him with a low cross in the 30th minute, Sorloth scored his fourth goal with yet another strong finish. It was his 17th goal of the season in La Liga, and his four goals propelled him to the fourth-highest goalscorer position in Spain’s scoring charts.
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In a thrilling 4–4 draw with winners Real Madrid last season, Sorloth scored four goals in a 17-minute stretch while playing for Villarreal. Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, and Luis Suarez are the only other players in La Liga history to score four goals twice or more.
