Sports | Video: Eight goals from Berbatov's five historic goals against Blackburn

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Eight years ago, Dimitar Berbatov had entered the history of English football. The Bulgarian striker scored five goals in a match and defeated Manchester United 7-1 against Blackburn.

Berbatov tied the record for the number of hits in the Premier League match. Before that, only Andy Cole had won the victory between United and Ipswich (9-0) in March 1995, Alan Shearer for Newcastle's victory against Sheffield on Wednesday, with an 8-0 win in September 1999. and Jermaine Defoe for Tottenham vs. Wigan with 9: 1 in November 2009

Berbatov became the first foreigner to score five goals in a Premier League match. The success of Sergio Aguero was won by Manchester City against Newcastle with a score of 6: 1 in October 2015. Argentina is also the last player to have scored five hits in an elite match of English football.

Against Blackburn, Berbatov scored in the 2nd, 27th, 47th, 62nd and 70th minutes to end a goal of 538 minutes. With the success, United then came in first and at the end of the season, he won the title with nine points ahead of Chelsea and Manchester City.

Berbatov had a lot of merit for the triumph of the "red devils", finishing the championship of 20 times. He shared the jackpot with his former teammate at Old Trafford, Carlos Tevez, who then played for City, his rival.

For his eight Premier League seasons in which he has defended the colors of United, Tottenham and Fulham, the Bulgarian striker has recorded five matches with at least three hits. This gives him the ninth place in the eternal rankings.

With more hatrism than Luis Suarez (6), Wayne Rooney (7), Michael Owen (8), Harry Caine (8), Thierry Henry (8), Robbie Fowler (9), Aguero (9). ).

Berbatov, who announced the end of his career this weekend, scored 94 goals in 229 Premier League matches.