Leo Messi scored an absolutely brilliant hat-trick as Barcelona beat Valencia 3-0 at Camp Nou.
By the 62nd minute, when Crystal Palace's Yannick Bolasie completed a brilliant hat-trick, most of the 42,000 crowd had left.
Stephen Martin is one of many who remembers Dennis Bailey's brilliant hat-trick during QPR's 4-1 New Year's Day demolition of United in 1992.
A brilliant hat-trick in the Breton derby against Nantes on 6 March was reportedly watched by Barcelona's sporting director, Robert Fernández, leading to predictions in the Catalonian press that he would be the next Neymar.
United certainly seem to be benefiting from the decision, with Berbatov having scored seven times this season in all competitions, including his brilliant hat-trick against Liverpool last weekend.
The man he was marking, the Seasiders' centre-forward Stan Mortensen, was at his effervescent best and plundered a brilliant hat-trick, then the Trotters' leg-weary No 5 was one of two defenders left floundering in the wake of the ageing maestro Stanley Matthews as he set up the injury-time winner.
Turning his attention to Mahrez, who scored a brilliant hat-trick to mastermind the 3-0 defeat of Swansea that has placed Garry Monk's future in severe doubt, Bellamy added: 'I think he's been the best player in the Premier League (this season) without a shadow of a doubt".
Nielsen, perhaps understandably, tried to skirt Johnson's cricket version of a high-speed car crash, suggesting that he was just one of the guilty men after his team-mate Peter Siddle had produced a brilliant hat-trick breakthrough on the first day.
Kris Radlinski scored a brilliant hat-trick, with all three of his tries laid on by Wigan's outstanding hooker Terry Newton, but in reality this win was earned by magnificent defence in the first 10 minutes of the second half, a fact recognised by a standing ovation from the 14,886 crowd.
The redoubtable Carli Lloyd scored a brilliant hat-trick as USA raced into a 4-0 lead within 16 minutes in Vancouver, but the TV audience peaked at 30.9 million between 8.30 and 8.45pm ET, in the last 15 minutes when it became clear USA were going to triumph.
