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Bradley Barcola scores Liverpool’s 13th European hat-trick

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Bradley Barcola scored three goals in Liverpool’s 6-3 win over LASK in Linz in the Champions League, taking the club’s tally in the competition to 13 hat-tricks. It was Liverpool’s first hat-trick in the competition since Luis Díaz’s against Bayer Leverkusen in November 2024, according to the club’s official website.

Bradley Barcola, a French forward for Liverpool, scored the club’s 13th European Cup hat-trick in a 6-3 victory over LASK on Wednesday 14 October in Linz. The match was part of the second round of the league phase of the 2026-2027 Champions League, Liverpool’s official website reports.

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