Erling Haaland and Memphis Depay score hat-tricks as Norway and Netherlands secure emphatic World Cup qualifier victories
Haaland bagged his third objective late on in Tuesday’s sport in Oslo having scored twice within the first half.
Kristian Thorstvedt opened the scoring for Norway, which has now gained 4 of its six qualifying matches for Qatar 2022, earlier than Haaland doubled the lead following a deft piece of management in Gibraltar’s field.
Thorstvedt nearly bought his second when he rattled a shot towards the within of the publish, but it surely was Gibraltar which scored subsequent as Reece Styche chipped in for his nation’s third objective of the qualifying marketing campaign.
A comeback appeared unlikely, nonetheless, as Norway pushed to increase its lead within the second half. Alexander Sorloth scored his aspect’s fourth simply earlier than the hour mark, earlier than Haaland accomplished the scoring — and his hat-trick — from shut vary.
Dutch dominance
The victory leaves Norway second in Group G, degree on factors with the Netherlands, which overcame Turkey thanks to 3 targets from Depay and one every from Davy Klaassen and substitutes Donyell Malen and Guus Til.
It took simply 54 seconds for Klaassen to open the scoring for Netherlands, and he turned supplier moments later with a flick by means of for Depay to get his first.
A foul on Klaasen allowed Depay to attain his second from the penalty spot earlier than Turkish defender Caglar Söyüncü, who conceded the foul for the penalty, was despatched off for his second yellow card simply earlier than halftime.
Depay tallied his third with a easy header on the road eight minutes into the second half, earlier than Til and Malen scored Netherlands’ fifth and sixth within the sport’s remaining 10 minutes.
In the meantime, Denmark, which has scored 22 targets and conceded none to date this qualifying marketing campaign, continued its robust type with a 5-0 victory over Israel. Portugal, Croatia, Slovakia, and Scotland have been among the many nations to additionally report wins on Tuesday.
