Justin Kluivert reflected on the “beautiful” moment he entered the Premier League record books.
The Bournemouth forward became the first player to score a hat-trick of penalties as he fired his side to a 4-2 win at Wolves.
The Dutchman scored his first two spot-kicks inside the opening 18 minutes, with Milos Kerkez adding a third in a whirlwind first act which also saw Jorgen Strand Larsen score for Wolves.
After Strand Larsen brought it back to 3-2 in the second half, Kluivert completed his historic treble.
“That sounds beautiful. To go in the history books, that’s amazing, super happy with it,” he said.
“I train them [the penalties]. We have a great keeper with Kepa (Arrizabalaga).
“We try some stuff, the first one I stop, and look at the keeper, what is he doing? I switch it up for the second one. Then the third, he doesn’t know what I’m going to do. I waited and he chose for me. Easy as that.
“We have shown we can beat a lot of teams in this league. I am happy.”
Wolves’ afternoon was ruined when they were 3-1 down after only 18 minutes on the clock and they conceded again just minutes after bringing it back to 3-2 in the second half.
Strand Larsen was left scratching his head.
“I’m lost for words, to be honest. A crazy game,” he said on the club’s official website. “We didn’t get the start we wanted and I think this is the real answer of the Premier League.
“I have the feeling that I can’t play any more crazy games than I’ve been doing the first months here.
Jorgen Strand Larsen celebrates a goal
Jorgen Strand Larsen, left, scored a brace in a losing effort on Saturday (Nick Potts/PA)
“Unfortunately, it hasn’t gone our way in those games and we didn’t do it well.
“It’s not what we expected before the game, obviously. We were in good form, I thought we were a bit better than we showed today, but that’s football.
“There will be setbacks. We know Bournemouth are really direct and a strong team. They do what they do very well.
“We managed to come back and we believed, I believed, all of us believed. We had the momentum and then it takes only a few minutes again until that’s dead again.”