Trossard becomes the third player in Anfield history to score a hat-trick

On Saturday, Leandro Trossard became only the third player in English Premier League (EPL) history to score a hat trick against Liverpool at Anfield.

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The Belgian forward's hat-trick earned Brighton a point in an exciting 3-3 draw with EPL title-chasing Liverpool.

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Other players who have accomplished this feat include Peter Ndlovu and Andrey Arshavin.

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Ndlovu, a Coventry City player, scored the first ever hattrick against Livepool at their home stadium in the 1994/95 season.

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Coventry City won the game in a season in which Blackburn Rovers won its only League title.

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In the 2008/09 season, Arshavin scored four goals, including one in stoppage time, to help Arsenal earn a 4-4 draw against Liverpool.

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Trossard has scored 23 league goals and assisted 12 times in four seasons with Brighton, which he joined in 2019.

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After the game, Brighton manager Roberto De Zerbi remarked, "Trossard is a (crack) star." I sent him a message earlier when he was a member of the national squad that he needed to score more goals.

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Robert said, "I think Trossard can perform much better than he is now. I don't say this because I don't like his performance today, I think he's a terrific player.

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