Soccer Football - Champions League - Round of 16 Second Leg - Bayern Munich v FC Salzburg - Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany - March 8, 2022 Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski celebrates scoring their third goal to complete his hat-trick REUTERS/Andreas Gebert
MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) -Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski grabbed the earliest hat-trick in Champions League history with three goals by the 23rd minute as the Germans steamrollered Salzburg 7-1 on Tuesday to book a place in the quarter-finals with an 8-2 aggregate score.
The 33-year-old Poland striker scored three times in an 11-minute spell as he opened his account with two almost identical penalties in the 12th and 21st before netting on the break two minutes later for his fifth hat-trick ever in the competition.
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