Alexander Sorloth Nets Treble Off Bench As Atletico Madrid Thrash Girona

Alexander Sorloth confirmed as soon as once more why he’s such a harmful possibility off the bench for Atletico Madrid as he got here on to attain a hat-trick in below half-an-hour in a 4-0 win at Girona on Sunday in La Liga. Diego Simeone’s facet continued their Club World Cup preparations in a useless rubber league match at Montilivi, with Atletico locked into third place and Girona secure from relegation. Introduced within the 62nd minute for Antoine Griezmann, Sorloth broke the impasse after 68 minutes.

Clement Lenglet prolonged Atletico’s lead earlier than Sorloth struck two extra late on to succeed in 20 La Liga objectives, 12 of these as an alternative.

Sorloth hit 4 objectives earlier this month in opposition to Real Sociedad, with the primary three of these scored by the eleventh minute, making it the earliest hat-trick in La Liga historical past.

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