Harry Kane wrote his name into the record books with a four-goal performance for Bayern Munich against Dinamo Zagreb this week.
Kane became the first Englishman to score four goals in a Champions League game, the first player to score a hat-trick of penalties, and eclipsed Wayne Rooney as the highest-scoring English player in the competition’s history.
The 31-year-old also joined an exclusive group to have scored four goals in a single Champions League game. In celebration, we’ve remembered four of the best four-goal hauls in Champions League history.
Four of the best Champions League four-goal hauls
Dado Prso, Monaco 8-3 Deportivo de La Coruña – 5 November 2003
Dado Prso went goal-crazy during a bonkers game between AS Monaco and Deportivo La Coruna during the 2003/04 campaign.
The Croatian centre-forward became just the third player, at that time, to score four goals in a Champions League game, as the French side thumped their Spanish visitors 8-3 at the
Stade Louis II.
It was the highest-scoring Champions League game ever at that stage, with Prso scoring a first-half hat-trick and adding a fourth goal four minutes into the second half. He only ever scored nine goals in the Champions League, with almost half coming inside 49 minutes of this contest.
#UCL madness 17 years ago today 🤯
🔹 Monaco 8-3 Deportivo 🔹🇭🇷 Dado Pršo with FOUR! @AS_Monaco_EN | #OTD pic.twitter.com/wrT8ft3T1K
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) November 5, 2020
Both teams went on to reach the competition’s semi-finals, with a free-scoring Monaco ending the campaign as runners-up to Jose Mourinho’s Porto.
Lionel Messi, Barcelona 4-1 Arsenal – 6 April 2010
Lionel Messi produced one of his greatest Champions League nights as Barcelona thrashed Arsenal at the Camp Nou.
After an enthralling 2-2 draw at the Emirates in the first leg of their quarter-final tie, Messi’s magical performance helped Barcelona recover from a goal down in the return to progress.
He scored three times before half-time in an otherworldly individual outing, rocketing in an initial equaliser before completing his hat-trick with an audacious scooped effort. The Argentine slipped in a fourth between Manuel Almunia’s legs, as the 22-year-old officially announced his arrival as world football’s finest talent.
😮 Most memorable FOUR-goal haul in #UCL history?
🔵🔴 Lionel Messi (Barcelona 4-1 Arsenal, 06/04/2010)#FlashbackFriday | @FCBarcelona pic.twitter.com/sJCeTpNJfn
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) October 4, 2019
Iconic Performances: Messi’s four-goal demolition of Arsenal
Robert Lewandowski, Borussia Dortmund 4-1 Real Madrid – 24 April 2013
Robert Lewandowski produced a centre-forward masterclass as Borussia Dortmund upset Real Madrid to reach the Champions League final.
The Poland international became the first – and so far only – player to score four goals in a semi-final fixture to put the Spanish side to the sword at the Westfalenstadion.
Lewandowki’s lethal finishing saw Jurgen Klopp’s side build an unassailable lead, progressing to the decider despite losing the second leg 2-0 at the Bernabeu.
🔥 𝐋 𝐄 𝐖 𝐀 𝐍 𝐃 𝐎 𝐖 𝐒 𝐊 𝐈 🔥
🗓️ #OTD in 2013, @lewy_official scored 4⃣ goals against Real Madrid 👏#UCL pic.twitter.com/9sCH8rjmx9
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) April 24, 2019
Lewandowski is one of just two players, alongside Lionel Messi, to have scored four goals in a Champions League game more than once. For Bayern Munich against Dinamo Zagreb in 2019, he recorded the fastest-ever four-goal haul across a period of just 14 minutes and 31 seconds.
Iconic Performances: Lewandowski’s four-goal destruction of Real Madrid
Sebastien Haller, Sporting CP 1-5 Ajax – 15 September 2021
Sebastien Haller announced his arrival on the Champions League stage with a dream debut in the competition for Ajax.
Haller produced a performance in contrast to his struggles at West Ham as he scored four goals in Ajax’s 5-1 win at Sporting Lisbon in September 2021. The Ivorian became the second player, after Marco van Basten, to score four goals on his Champions League debut, though the latter had previously played in the European Cup.
He ended the group stage with an astonishing 10 goals in six games.
⚪️🔴⚪️ Sébastien Haller’s record-breaking season:
1st player to score 4 times on his debut since Marco van Basten 🤯
2nd player to register in all 6 group games after Cristiano Ronaldo in 2017/18 ⚽️
Fastest player to score 10 goals in competition history (6 games) 👏#UCL pic.twitter.com/XAKSCL0zNZ
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) December 9, 2021
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