Justin Kluivert set a record on Saturday when he became the first player to score a hat-trick of Premier League penalties in the match at Wolverhampton Wanderers.
The AFC Bournemouth forward scored twice from the spot in the first half, before converting his historic third in the 74th minute at Molineux.
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Until today, there had been 69 instances of a player scoring twice from the spot in a single Premier League match but never three times.
Kluivert was the fifth player to have taken three penalties in a Premier League match but is the first to successfully convert all three.
One such attempt came from Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard who, after scoring two penalties against Manchester United in 2014, rattled the post to miss his third.
Previous attempts
| Player | Team | Date | Pens. | Goals |
| Craig Burley | BRD 4-4 DER | 21/04/00 | 3 | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Bent | SUN 3-1 TOT | 03/04/10 | 3 | 1 |
| Steven Gerrard | LIV 3-0 MUN | 16/03/14 | 3 | 2 |
| Sergio Aguero | MCI 4-1 TOT | 18/10/14 | 3 | 2 |
| Justin Kluivert | WOL 3-4 BOU | 30/11/24 | 3 | 3 |
A night of firsts
Remarkably enough, another historic moment was recorded in the Wolves-Bournemouth match, with Cherries striker Evanilson winning each of the three penalties.
The Brazilian was fouled by Toti Gomes for the first penalty and then Wolves goalkeeper Jose Sa for the second and third.
"It sounds beautiful"
Kluivert expressed his excitement at his achievement: "That sounds beautiful. To go in the history books, that's amazing, super happy with it.
"I train them [the penalties]. We have a great 'keeper with Kepa [Arrizabalaga]. We try some stuff, the first one I stop, and look at the keeper, what is he doing? I switch it up for the second one, then the third, he doesn't know what I'm going to do. I waited and he chose for me. Easy as that."
As for the matchball, Kluivert has a special place set aside for it.
"I will put [it] in my daughter's room," he said. 'I'm waiting for her to come in February. And she can see how I did it."
