Lazio striker Balde Keita hit a hat trick in five minutes and 19 seconds against Palermo as the club went 5-0 ahead by the 28th minute.
Keita, 22, has reportedly been scouted by Chelsea and had scored just three Serie A goals for Lazio in all of 2017 before his feat on Sunday. Palermo struck two goals back after halt-time but eventually lost 6-2.
And social media certainly enjoyed Keita's efforts.
#Chelsea target Balde Keita has scored a six minute hattrick as Lazio score five against Palermo inside of 26 minutes pic.twitter.com/5vmElqOrXo
- Football Whispers (@FB_WHISPERS) April 23, 2017
Balde Keita's six-minute hat-trick is the fastest scored in Serie A this millennium, overtaking Andriy Shevchenko for AC Milan vs. Perugia. pic.twitter.com/V1M05tQprG
- Squawka Football (@Squawka) April 23, 2017
Hat-tricks in Serie A this season:
Balde Keita (6 min vs. Palermo)
Andrea Belotti (8 min vs. Palermo)
Mauro Icardi (9 min vs. Atalanta) pic.twitter.com/LMXtPAvJJo- Kevin Blundell (@kevin_blundell) April 23, 2017
Outrageous fact: Lazio are 5-0 up at HT vs Palermo
More outrageous fact: Balde Keita scored a 6-minute hat-trick ⚽️⚽️⚽️
- Sport360° (@Sport360) April 23, 2017
Juventus' Pietro Anastasi scored a five minute hat trick in 1975, while the record stands at three minutes in 1947 from Torino's Valentino Mazzola.
While Keita's may be the fastest hat trick in Italy since 2000 -- when Andriy Shevchenko hit three for AC Milan -- Robert Lewandowski netted three for Bayern in just three minutes 53 seconds against Wolfsburg two seasons ago.
Lazio went fourth, while Palermo are rooted in relegation trouble and sit 13 points from safety, second from bottom with just 16 points from their 33 games.