Sergio Aguero and the four other men who bagged five-goal hauls in the Premier League
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Updated 03/10/2015 at 19:20 GMT
Sergio Aguero became the fifth Premier League player to score five times in one match as he downed Newcastle United almost single-handedly at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday.
Sergio Aguero celebrates after scoring the third goal for Manchester City and completing his hat trick against Newcastle United
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Aguero did not score until three minutes before half-time but had his hat-trick just five minutes after the restart.
The Argentine then proceeded to add further goals on the hour mark and in the 62nd minute to equal the Premier League record of five goals with Dimitar Berbatov, Jermain Defoe, Andrew Cole and Alan Shearer.
Defoe was the previous fastest in scoring his five – he required 36 minutes.
Three minutes after scoring his fifth, Aguero was withdrawn by Manuel Pellegrini to a standing ovation with City winning 6-1.
But what about the other four men to have achieved the feat in the Premier League? Do you remember their five-goal hauls?
Let’s take a look back to recall their magical moments...
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Alan Shearer - Newcastle v Sheffield Wednesday
- 30, 33 pen, 42, 81, 84 pen.
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Alan Shearer celebrates scoring five against Sheffield Wednesday
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Sir Bobby Robson celebrated his first home match as Newcastle manager with his biggest victory in club management as his team beat Sheffield Wednesday 8-0.
Shearer, left out of the starting line-up by Robson's predecessor for the last match at St James' Park, claimed his biggest-ever goals haul in one match as he belted in five.
"I've never scored four goals in a match before, never mind five," Shearer said afterwards.
"Bobby said to me at half-time that if I got six he'd buy me a Mars bar. I'll have to get my own now."
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Dimitar Berbatov - Manchester United v Blackburn Rovers
- 2, 27, 47, 62, 70
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Dimitar Berbatov celebrates his fifth goal against Blackburn Rovers
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Berbatov scored five goals in real style as Manchester United thrashed Blackburn 7-1 in 2010.
After scoring seven goals in his first six games of the season, the Bulgarian had gone 10 matches without adding to his tally.
Quite brilliantly, Berbatov's reaction to the five-goal haul was to say that he was 'very impressed with himself'.
"I'm pleased with the performance and the goals I scored, personally I was very impressed with myself," he said after the match.
"I've scored five before but it was a long time ago back home. To do it in the Premier League when only four other players have done it, to stand next to Shearer and Andy Cole is a great honour."
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Jermain Defoe - Tottenham v Wigan
- 51, 54, 58, 69, 87
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Tottenham's Jermain Defoe celebrates his fifth goal against Wigan in 2009
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Defoe netted his hat-trick in exactly seven minutes as he plundered five goals against Wigan while at Tottenham in 2009.
What made his achievement all the more remarkable was the fact that he took until the 51st minute to get on the scoresheet at all.
"I'm not bothered about the final scoreline," said Wigan boss Roberto Martinez after this thumping, which ended up 9-1 in Tottenham's favour.
It was the first time a team had scored nine in a Premier League fixture since Manchester United thrashed Ipswich 9-0 at Old Trafford in 1995.
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Andrew Cole - Manchester United v Ipswich Town
- 24, 37, 53, 65, 89
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Manchester United's Andy cole celebrates one of his five goals against Ipswich. Manchester United won the game 9-0.
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Andy Cole scored five goals for Sir Alex Ferguson's men at Old Trafford in 1995 in what remains the biggest win in the Premier League era. It was United's best result in 103 years.
Cole had to wait 24 minutes to grab his fifth goal in the final minute of the match with Mark Hughes and Paul Ince also getting on the scoresheet.
Ipswich's beleaguered goalkeeper Forrest would later return to Old Trafford five years later and concede seven in goal for West Ham.
"You don't like coming here, do you?" asked the BBC's reporter.
"No!" Forrest exclaimed.
Ipswich actually beat United 3-2 at Portman Road six months before they were trounced at Old Trafford, when they were languishing at the bottom of the league, but few people will ever remember that.
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