Kylian Mbappe scored the second-fastest hat-trick in UEFA Champions League history after he netted three goals in six minutes and 42 seconds against Olympiacos.
After Olympiacos had taken the lead, the Real Madrid star hauled his team back into the contest as he raced in behind before dispatching a superb finish between the legs of Konstantinos Tzolakis.
Mbappe registered his second of the night two minutes later as he leapt highest to head Arda Guler's cross into the far corner, and the Los Blancos talisman completed his hat-trick with another sublimely-timed run to beat the Olympiacos offside trap before slotting into the bottom corner.
The goal was his 21st of the season in all competitions, and rounded off his hat-trick in under seven minutes - but it wasn't enough to snatch the record.
The fastest UEFA Champions League hat-trick still belongs to Mohamed Salah, who reached his treble after just six minutes and 12 seconds against Rangers at Ibrox in 2022, having only come on as a substitute seven minutes before his opening strike.
Salah smashed the record previously set by Bafetimbi Gomis, who chalked up four goals in Lyon's 7-1 victory over Dinamo Zagreb in 2011, of which three of his strikes arrived eight minutes and 45 seconds apart.
Gomis stole the record from Blackburn Rovers striker Mike Newell, who held number one spot for 16 years after he scored a hat-trick in nine minutes and 17 seconds against Rosenborg at Ewood Park in December 1995.
Robert Lewandowski had two entries in the top-five list prior to Mbappe's treble, with the Poland international scoring three inside 10 minutes and 22 seconds for Bayern Munich against RB Salzburg in March 2022, which eclipsed his own previous record of 11 minutes and seven seconds which he achieved against Crvena zvezda in 2019.
Fastest UEFA Champions League hat-tricks
- Mohamed Salah – Liverpool v Rangers (12 October 2022) 6 minutes, 12 seconds
- Kylian Mbappe - Real Madrid v Olympiacos (26 November 2025) 6 minutes, 42 seconds
- Bafétimbi Gomis – Lyon v Dinamo Zagreb (7 December 2011) 8 minutes, 45 seconds
- Mike Newell – Blackburn Rovers v Rosenborg (6 December 1995) 9 minutes, 17 seconds
- Robert Lewandowski – Bayern Munich vs. RB Salzburg (8 March 2022) 10 minutes, 22 seconds
