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Wednesday 6 November 2013

The Only 5 Premier League Players to Have Scored Consecutive Hat Tricks


 
 

With Man City thumping Norwich 7-0 on the weekend, it was a little odd to see there were seven different goal scorers. This shows that scoring multiple-goals in games isn’t really an easy task and that hat tricks are especially hard to come by. In fact, only five players have ever managed to score consecutive hat tricks in the top flight of English football. These are the five.

5. Didier Drogba - Chelsea

  Didier Drogba (R) of Chelsea holds off the challenge of Fitz Hall (L) of Queens Park Rangers during the FA Cup sponsored by E.ON 3rd Round match between Chelsea and Queens Park Rangers at Stamford Bridge on January 5, 2008 in London, England

Chelsea hero Didier Drogba, an Ivory Coast international striker, pumped three goals behind Wigan’s keeper on the last day of the season back in 2009/10. He didn’t cool down over the summer as he christened the 2010/11 season the same way, with a hat trick, when Chelsea thumped West Brom by a score of 6-0.

4. Les Ferdinand - Queens Park Rangers

Les Ferdinand was one of the best goal scorers England has ever produced. He scored goals for club and country and was the first Premier League player to score two hat tricks in a row. He banged home three goals when QPR beat Nottingham Forest back in April of 1993 and repeated the feat just 48 hours later in a 5-3 victory against Everton.

3. Ian Wright - Arsenal

  Ian Wright of Arsenal salutes the fans during their homecoming from the FA Cup final in London. Arsenal also won the the FA Carling Premiership to achieve a double victory

Ian Wright was another underrated striker, especially when playing for England. He scored goals galore for Arsenal during his career and six of them came over a two-game span back in March of 1994. He managed to bag a trio of goals in a 4-0 shutout over Southampton straight after he had grabbed a hat trick in a 5-1 win over Ipswich Town the week before.

2. Thierry Henry - Arsenal

  Henning Berg of Blackburn challenges Thierry Henry of Arsenal during the Blackburn Rovers v Arsenal FA Barclaycard Premiership match at Ewood Park in Blackburn, England on March 15, 2003

The Gunners have been blessed with some excellent goal scorers over the years and French international Thierry Henry was one of the best of them. This Arsenal legend managed three goals in a 4-2 win over Liverpool back in April of 2004 and then followed it up with four goals in a 5-0 drubbing of Leeds.

1. Wayne Rooney - Man United

Manchester United's English striker Wayne Rooney reacts to a missed chance during the UEFA Champions League Group A football match between Manchester United and Real Sociedad at Old Trafford in Manchester, northwest England on October 23, 2013. Manchester United won the game 1-0

The most recent player to score consecutive hat tricks in the Premier League is Man United’s English international striker Wayne Rooney. He drilled three goals against Arsenal at Old Trafford in late August of 2011 in an 8-2 win and added three more against Bolton in an away win of 5-0 a couple of weeks later.
 
 

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