Lucas Perez scored three times in 47 minutes for Arsenal against Basel in tonight’s Champions League group finale.
The Spanish striker’s hat-trick prompted some Gooners to take a sly dig at rivals Tottenham Hotspur.
The Gunners were already through to the next round while Spurs are out after failing to progress from the group stages and Arsenal fans were quite keen to share one particular stat:
Lucas Perez has as many Champions League goals in 47 minutes as Tottenham do all season #afc
— Max Bentley (@MaxBentley1) December 6, 2016
Lucas Perez CL goals: 3
— chuffed gooner (@sandwich_dad) December 6, 2016
Tottenham CL goals:3
In Champions league this season
— Arsenal (@tomgunner14) December 6, 2016
Tottenham: 3 goals in 5 games
Lucas Perez: 3 goals in 47 minutes pic.twitter.com/OrBhtEBMji
In 47 minutes, Lucas Perez has scored the same number of goals as Spurs have scored in their entire Champions League campaign this season.
— FK³ (@fkhanage) December 6, 2016
Lucas Perez took 47 minutes to score as many Champions League goals this season as Tottenham.
— Andy Ha (@_AndyHa) December 6, 2016
However, Spurs do still have one more game to go in which they could move ahead of Perez’s total.
Perez is the second player from Arsenal to score a hat-trick in Europe this season – after Mesut Ozil’s three-goal haul against Ludogorets.
