Published 12:42 IST, October 23rd 2019
Champions League: Watch Mbappe and Sterling's hat-trick on match day 3
Kylian Mbappe and Raheem Sterling turned on the style in their Champions League games on Tuesday night. Both netted hat-tricks to secure wins for their sides.
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Champions League nights are a treat for football fans, aren't y? Goals galore, squad changes, and mid-week football action are holy trinity for football fans around world. And with good reason, too. Champions League matchday 3 saw some fantastic goals from heavyweights in tournament. Bayern Munich's Corentin Tolisso registered a thunderous long-range strike against Olympiakos. Juventus' Paulo Dybala also netted a delightful curling strike against Lokomotiv Moscow on Tuesday night. But se long-range gems do t come close to stealing thunder from Kylian Mbappe and Raheem Sterling's displays in Champions League.
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Mbappe's second-half show
Let's start with Kylian Mbappe. While Real Madrid laboured to a 1-0 win over Galatasaray, Kylian Mbappe was preparing to set Club Brugge's Jan Breydel Stadion alight on Tuesday night. French star came on for Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting on 52nd minute. But t even Thomas Tuchel could have predicted what was to come. Within nine minutes of getting subbed on, Mbappe netted his first for night, after heading in Simon Miglet's parry. Two minutes later, Mbappe set up Icardi to net PSG's third for night. In 79th minute, Mbappe raced through Club Brugge's defence and scored ar with a tidy finish at far post. Three minutes later, Angel Di Maria played Mbappe through and French international duly obliged to complete his hat-trick.
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Sterling's blistering hat-trick
Way over in England, in blue half of Manchester, Raheem Sterling came to show when Manchester City found mselves down by a goal against Atlanta. Thanks to Sterling and Sergio Aguero, City were down for a small matter of seven minutes, as Sterling's ball found Aguero, who equalised for City. From n on, it was Sterling's day. Four minutes after City's first goal, Sterling ran at Atlanta defence and was brought down inside box. Aguero n went on to score resulting penalty. But Raheem Sterling wasn't done yet. Sterling started second half with a bang when he slotted in Phil Foden's pass to put City two goals up in 58th minute. Five minutes later, Sterling once again terrorized Atlanta's defence, as he cut inside to score his second for night. Five minutes later, Riyad Mahrez turned provider, as he whipped in a cross for Sterling, who slotted it in to secure his fifth career hat-trick for club and country.
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It's difficult to pick better of two hat-tricks. Mbappe scored his hat-trick against former Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Miglet. Mbappe also played just over 40 minutes in game. Sterling, however, completed his hat-trick in just 11 minutes. Who comes out on top?
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09:44 IST, October 23rd 2019