Like London buses, Chelsea hat-tricks are coming in bunches. After not seeing one for over a calendar year, we’ve now had two in the space of a week. Pedro Neto’s last night might not be as historic as Cole Palmer’s was a couple game ago … though it’s probably pretty rare to have one of the goals come directly from a corner! I guess there are no statistics kept about that.
Neto does become the 81st player in Chelsea history to score at least three goals in a single game, which has happened 163 times now. It’s our first FA Cup hat-trick since Tammy Abraham’s against Luton Town five years ago.
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Another interesting wrinkle to this one was that Neto played in the nominal No.10 role, rather than his usual spot on the wing. We might not see that too often, but it’s nice to have that option.
“Neto brings us so many different qualities that you need. For me, he’s a world-class player. He’s a world-class winger and what I love about him, as talented as he is and as gifted as he is, which he showed today, what he sacrifices for the team at times is top. He’s going to be really, really important for us for where I think we can get to and what we can achieve for the rest of the season.”
-Liam Rosenior; source: Football.London
Class of the world? Debatable. Class of last night’s game? Indubitably!
Here are the last 21 Chelsea hat-tricks, adding to the 142 between 1905 and 2014 that are listed in Chelsea: The Complete Record.
Jan 2016 — Oscar: 3 vs. MK Dons (a) 5-1 — FA Cup
Sep 2017 — Batshuayi: 3 vs. Nottingham Forest (h) 5-1 — League Cup
Sep 2017 — Morata: 3 vs. Stoke City (a) 4-0 — Premier League
Sep 2018 — Hazard: 3 vs. Cardiff City (h) 4-1 — Premier League
Oct 2018 — Loftus-Cheek: 3 vs. BATE (h) 3-1 — Europa League
Mar 2019 — Giroud: 3 vs. Dynamo Kiev (a) 5-0 — Europa League
Sep 2019 — Abraham: 3 vs. Wolves (a) 5-2 — Premier League
Oct 2019 — Pulisic: 3 vs. Burnley (a) 4-2 — Premier League
Sep 2020 — Havertz: 3 vs. Barnsley (h) 6-0 — League Cup
Dec 2020 — Giroud: 4 vs. Sevilla (a) 4-0 — Champions League
Jan 2021 — Abraham: 3 vs. Luton Town (h) 3-1 — FA Cup
Oct 2021 — Mount: 3 vs. Norwich City (h) 7-0 — Premier League
Nov 2023 — Jackson: 3 vs. Tottenham (a) 4-1 — Premier League
Apr 2024 — Palmer: 3 vs. Manchester United (h) 4-3 — Premier League
Apr 2024 — Palmer: 4 vs. Everton (h) 6-0 — Premier League
Aug 2024 — Madueke: 3 vs. Wolves (a) 6-2 — Premier League
Sep 2024 — Nkunku: 3 vs. Barrow (h) 5-0 — League Cup
Sep 2024 — Palmer: 4 vs. Brighton (h) 4-2 — Premier League
Dec 2024 — Guiu: 3 vs. Shamrock Rovers (h) 5-1 — Conference League
Feb 2026 — Palmer: 3 vs. Wolves (a) 3-1 — Premier League
Feb 2026 — Neto: 3 vs. Hull City (a) 4-0 — FA Cup