“Justin Kluivert scored a hat-trick of penalties for Bournemouth at Wolves. Who else has achieved this and who was the last player to do it in the English top flight?” asks Robbie Considine.
Kluivert’s hat-trick of penalties was the first in Premier League history and the first in the English top flight for 67 years. In December 1957, Manchester City’s Ken Barnes did the necessary three times in a big win over Everton. “No other explanation of Manchester City’s drastic 6-2 defeat of Everton at Moss Side, Manchester, on Saturday is possible except that of sheer brilliance,” wrote the Manchester Guardian’s correspondent. “Barnes had the unusual experience of scoring three goals – all from penalties. What is more, he seized the occasion to demonstrate how easily a goalkeeper may be beaten by the silkiest, gentlest of kicks, provided due regard is paid to placing.”
