Trabzonspor 4-0 Galatasaray: Magnificent Salah fires HAT-TRICK as Trabzon crush 10-men champions

Mohamed Salah scored a hat-trick and ⁠set up another goal as Trabzonspor thrashed defending champions Galatasaray ‌4-0 at home on Saturday, handing the ‌Istanbul side their first defeat ‌of the Turkish Super Lig season.

Match Report

Salah ‌opened the scoring in the ‌fourth minute, running through from midfield and finishing calmly, before he turned ‌provider to set up ⁠Noah Saviolo, ‌who struck from inside the penalty area in the 39th.

Salah added a third in the 44th minute with a clinical finish from a Franculino Dju assist, sending ⁠the team he joined last month into the break three goals up.

He completed his hat-trick in the 80th minute, ‌running more than half the length of the pitch unchallenged to score with a trademark side-foot finish.

Galatasaray coach Okan Buruk was sent to the stands in the 71st minute while Lesley Ugochukwu was shown a red card in ‌the 87th.

German coach Thomas Reis took charge of Trabzonspor this week ‌following the departure of Fatih Tekke earlier this month.

Trabzonspor are fifth in the table with 10 points from six games, ⁠three points ⁠behind leaders ‌Galatasaray.

Line-ups

Trabzonspor XI: Savic, Salah, Fabinho, Onana, Mustafa Eskihellaç, Melih Kabasakal, Ernest Muci, Franculino, Noah Saviolo, Wagner Pina, Chibuike Nwaiwu

Subs: Ozan Tufan, Umut Nayir, Paul Onuachu, Samet Akaydin, Metehan Mimaroğlu, Cenk Özkacar, Aral Şimşir, Sidny Lopes Cabral, Ahmet Yıldırım, Erol Can Çolak

Galatasaray XI: Abdülkerim Bardakcı, Sane, Sanchez, Roland Sallai, Torreira, Uğurcan Çakır, Akgun, Leao, Ismail Jakobs, Gabriel Sara, Deniz Gül

Subs: Gundogan, Barış Alper Yılmaz, Eren Elmalı, Kazımcan Karataş, L. Ugochukwu, El Chadaille Bitshiabu, Jankat Yılmaz, Aleksey Batrakov, Arda Ünyay, Renato Nhaga