Gibbs-White hits season peak with 15-minute hat-trick

Gibbs-White hits season peak with 15-minute hat-trick

Morgan Gibbs-White produced a sensational second-half performance as Nottingham Forest came from behind to beat Burnley 4-1 at the City Ground and take a huge step towards Premier League safety.

Forest went into the break trailing 1-0 and looking short of ideas, but Gibbs-White completely changed the game after half-time. The midfielder struck twice in quick succession before rising to head home his third, completing a superb hat-trick inside just 15 minutes and turning the contest firmly in Forest’s favour.

By full-time, Forest had moved five points clear of the relegation zone - and their No.10 had delivered one of the standout individual displays of their season.

A rare Forest hat-trick

The treble also earned Gibbs-White a place in the club’s recent Premier League history. He is only the third Forest player to score a hat-trick in the competition, following Kevin Campbell in 1996 and Chris Wood, who achieved the feat twice in the last two seasons.

It was also the fastest hat-trick recorded in the Premier League this campaign, overtaking Cole Palmer’s 25-minute hat-trick against Wolves earlier in the campaign.

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