Only seven players have scored a Champions League hat-trick for Liverpool along with Bradley Barcola

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Bradley Barcola finally announced himself at Liverpool on Wednesday as he hit a special hat-trick against LASK. The Frenchman took all three of his goals exceptionally well to record the first treble of his career, as he looks to win a third Champions League title in a row.Though his career at Liverpool has started slowly, Barcola has now worked his way onto an exclusive list of Champions League hat-trick scorers for the Reds, becoming only the eighth Red in the competition’s history to manage it.Here's our player ratings!

That explains why up until the fairly recent year of 2017, the Reds only had two hat-trick heroes in the competition. Ironically, Liverpool have two hat-trick scorers against the Russians, with Philippe Coutinho equalling Owen’s feat of 15 years earlier.

Sadio Mane holds the distinction of being the only Liverpool player to score a knockout hat-trick, doing so against Porto in a memorable 5-0 last-16 win at the Dragao in 2018. Two years passed before the late, great Diogo Jota added his name to this list with a brilliant hat-trick against Atalanta.