Poland captain Robert Lewandowski led European qualifying with 16 goals, one more than Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo, and scored five goals in a nine-minute span for Bayern Munich against Wolfsburg in February.
Senegal’s Sadio Mane scored 20 goals this season for Liverpool, including 10 in the Champions League, and had the fastest hat- trick in the Premier League history when he got three goals in a 176-second span for Southampton against Aston Villa in May 2015.
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