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27 Nov 2025

Kylian Mbappe nets hat-trick as Real Madrid win thriller against Olympiacos

Kylian Mbappe nets hat-trick as Real Madrid win thriller against Olympiacos

Kylian Mbappe scored the second fastest hat-trick in Champions League history as he helped himself to all four goals in Real Madrid’s 4-3 win at Olympiacos.

The LaLiga leaders were trailing to Chiquinho’s early strike at the Stadio Georgios Karaiskakis when the France superstar intervened with a seven-minute treble after 22, 24 and 29 minutes, leaving only Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah, who achieved the same feat in just six minutes and 12 seconds against Rangers in October 2022, ahead of him in the all-time list.

Mbappe added a fourth in between fine headers from Mehdi Taremi and Ayoub El Kaabi to edge Madrid over the finishing line.

Second-half goals from Noni Madueke and Gabriel Martinelli fired Arsenal to a 3-1 victory in their heavyweight clash with Bayern Munich.

Jurrien Timber had earlier headed the Gunners into the lead before Bayern’s 17-year-old star Lennart Karl levelled with the first goal Mikel Arteta’s men have conceded in this season’s competition, but he could not prevent the Premier League side from completing a fifth successive win to climb to the top of the table.

Vitinha’s hat-trick helped secure a 5-3 victory for Paris St Germain over Tottenham at the Parc des Princes.

The midfielder’s treble and further goals from Fabian Ruiz and Willian Pacho proved sufficient for the hosts, who had Lucas Hernandez sent off in stoppage time, despite Richarlison’s first-half strike and a double from loan signing Randal Kolo Muani against his parent club.

Liverpool’s crisis deepened as a calamitous 4-1 home defeat by PSV Eindhoven left head coach Arne Slot under huge pressure after a ninth loss in 12 matches.

Dominik Szoboszlai’s 16th-minute goal cancelled out Ivan Perisic’s early penalty, but Guus Til’s strike and a late double from Couhaib Driouech completed a miserable evening at Anfield.

Jose Maria Gimenez’s stoppage-time header handed Atletico Madrid a last-gasp 2-1 victory over Inter Milan after Julian Alvarez and Piotr Zielinski had scored.

Goals from Ademola Lookman, Ederson and Charles De Ketelaere inside five second-half minutes eased Atalanta to an impressive 3-0 win at Eintracht Frankfurt, while Geovany Quenda, Luis Suarez and Francisco Trincao were on target as Sporting Lisbon beat Club Brugge by the same scoreline.

Copenhagen survived a late fightback to secure their first victory of the campaign as they held on to see off Kairat Almaty 3-2.

Goals from Viktor Dadason, Jordan Larsson and Robert looked to have the hosts home and hosed with 17 minutes remaining, but Dastan Satpayev and substitute Olzhas Baibek ensured a tense conclusion.

Mohammed Salisu’s late own goal handed Pafos a 2-2 home draw with Monaco, who led twice through Takumi Minamino and Folarin Balogun either side of David Luiz’s equaliser, which at 38, made him the competition’s second oldest goalscorer.

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