Top 5 players to score 5 goals in one match, check out who makes the cut

Since today’s date reads 05/05, we revisit the top 5 players who have scored 5 goals in one game to mark this day.

Scoring 5 goals in one match is no mean feat as it requires excessive amounts of concentration, desire and focus.

As the clock ticks, the bodies tend to tire out but it these players who kept the energy levels to the maximum and made history.

A throwback to the top 5 players who have scored 5 goals in a single clash:

SERGIO AGUERO

The Manchester City striker went into domination mode on 3^rd October, 2013 at the Etihad Stadium.

He struck 5 goals in a 6-1 mauling of Newcastle United in that clash.

The goal carnival began in the 42^nd minute and within 20 minutes, the Argentine smashed 5 past Tim Krul on a glorious evening in Manchester.

LIONEL MESSI

Lionel Messi took the German team to the sword as he notched up 5 goals in a 7-1 rout of Leverkusen at the Camp Nou on 7th March, 2012.

Messi scored them in the space of 59 minutes to send Barcelona into the QF’s of the Champions League that season.

MIROSLAV KLOSE

The German top-scorer plundered five past hapless Bologna in a 6-0 win at home on 5^th May, 2013 in the Serie A.

Klose ran riot at the Stadio Olimpico on that day and became the first Lazio player to score 5 goals in one match with this feat.

CRISTAINO RONALDO

The Portuguese maverick scored 5 goals at the Santiago Bernabéu as Real Madrid hammered Granada 9-1 in the La Liga on 5^th April, 2015.

Cristiano Ronaldo treated the fans to a delicacy as he smashed five goals in 60 minutes to send the fans into delirium.

ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI

Bayern Munich faced Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga on 22nd September, 2015 and nobody could have expected what lied ahead.

Lewandowski scored 5 goals in a matter of 9 minutes as the Bavarians won 5-1.

This spell of goal-scoring genius is considered to be the one of the greatest events in the game.

Pep Guardiola could only laugh and admire as the Polish striker went on a 5-star run that day.