Ademola Lookman Scores Hat-Trick In 18 Minutes As Everton Break 133-Year-Old Record With 22-0 Win

Published: July 14, 2018

Everton began their pre-season schedule with a ruthless 22-0 hammering of Austrian Landesliga club ATV Irdning on Saturday afternoon.

England U21 international of Nigerian descent Ademola Lookman was in brilliant form for the Toffees, scoring a hat-trick before he was replaced at the interval.

Marco Silva's side led 5-0 after 16 minutes, thanks to goals from Leighton Baines, Mason Holgate, Michael Keane and Cenk Tosun (2) in that order, then Lookman got in on the act.

The winger made it 6-0 in the 18th minute, scored his second of the game on 29 minutes before tapping home a cross from Tosun to increase the lead nine minutes before half-time.

The pick of Lookman's goals was his first, he headed into the penalty area after receiving a pass from Tom Davis before firing an unstoppable shot past the goalkeeper.

In the second half, Kevin Mirallas (5), Baye Oumar Niasse (4) and Nikola Vlasic (2) were on target.

According to Liverpool Echo, Everton's 22-0 win over ATV Irdning is their biggest ever recorded win since the formation of the club, surpassing the previous record (14-0) which stood for 133 years.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel

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