People are only just realising why it's called a hat-trick

FOR a striker, scoring a hat-trick is just about as good as it gets.

The Premier League has seen its fair share of goalscoring geniuses leaving opposing defenders as well as goalkeepers red-faced after a stunning performance that sees them scoring three goals.

Manchester City legend Sergio Aguero knows all about it as he tops the Prem charts of most hat-tricks with 12 under his name.

Aguero left City in 2021 but the Manchester giants weren't deprived of goals as Erling Haaland joined just a year later and has since taken the English top flight by storm.

Haaland has netted a total of FIVE hat-tricks this season across all competitions.

And the star striker may lead to the invention of a new word after netting a staggering FIVE goals against RB Leipzig in the Champions League.

The Norway international counts four hat-tricks in the Premier League, which puts him on par with Harry Kane and Alan Shearer as the only players to ever score that many triples in a single campaign.

But fans are only just getting to know the origins of that term, which doesn't come even from football.

The word actually comes from cricket, and there is a very good reason behind its inception.

The term was used when a bowler took three wickets from three consecutive balls.

The player's respective club would then give them a hat to celebrate the achievement.

Football is filled with colourful terms that many are actually unaware of their origins.

The same goes for "nutmegging", which has a much more complicated history.