Kylian Mbappé scores 2nd-fastest Champions League hat trick - ESPN

Real Madrid star Kylian Mbappé scored the second-fastest hat trick in Champions League history by netting three times in just under seven minutes at Olympiacos on Wednesday.

The France star added a fourth in the second half and Madrid needed every one of them to hang on to beat the Greek side 4-3 on the road.

«It was very important to win again. We know that three games without a win is a lot for a team like us,» Mbappé said after the match. «It was a difficult game, it's hard to win here. We started badly, losing the ball, we conceded the first goal, then we controlled it, we scored goals, and second half it was a bit back-and-forth, we scored, [then] they did.»

At 6 minutes, 42 seconds, Mbappé's treble trails only Liverpool's Mohamed Salah, who was 30 seconds quicker with his hat trick against Rangers in October 2022.

Real Madrid were trailing 1-0 in Greece when Mbappé took over the contest in spectacular fashion.

He levelled the score in the 22nd minute, finishing low from the edge of the penalty area after being played through one-on-one with the goalkeeper. Mbappé's second came less than two minutes later. The France forward rose powerfully in the box to head Arda Güler's cross into the net.

In no time at all it was three. Mbappé latched onto another ball over the Olympiacos defense, this time from Eduardo Camavinga and again he finished with minimum fuss.

Not content with his first-half efforts, Mbappé added a fourth goal in the 59th minute.

«I'm very happy, scoring goals is always a pleasure,» Mbappé added. «My teammates gave me some good assists. I'm lucky to play with these players, I try to score always, and sometimes it happens, but sometimes it doesn't.»

It was Mbappé's second hat trick in the Champions