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Keep your distance! Liverpool target Timo Werner bags Bundesliga hat-trick - but teammate gets too close for comfort

24-5-2020 < RT 18 193 words
 

Erling who? German striking sensation Timo Werner scored his first goals of the resumed Bundesliga season on Sunday ahead of a rumored summer switch to the Premier League - just don't think about celebrating too close to him!


The RB Leipzig star bagged three goals in his team's 5-0 away win at Mainz, becoming the first Bundesliga player in over 20 seasons to score hat-tricks against the same side in both the home and away fixtures of a single season. 


The three goals took the 24-year-old marksman's tally to an impressive 30 across all competitions this campaign, including 22 in just 27 games in the German top flight.


It was his third time to score three times in a single game so far this year, joining him with Lionel Messi as the only players in Europe's top leagues to accomplish that this season.


Werner scored three and added a further three assists when Leipzig outgunned Mainz earlier in the season.



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