Mahmoud 'Trezeguet' Hassan’s double for Aston Villa against Fulham in Sunday’s Premier League outing meant the Egypt international has equalled a club mark achieved only by Julian Joachim and Dwight Yorke.
Coming off the bench to bag a brace in the 3-1 defeat of Scott Parker’s men, Trezeguet became only the third player in the club’s history to have found the net at least twice as a substitute.
3 - Trézéguet is only the third Aston Villa substitute to score twice in a single Premier League match, after Julian Joachim v Derby in September 2000 and Dwight Yorke v Liverpool in May 1994. Impact. pic.twitter.com/Yuo7IS9zVq
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) April 4, 2021
According to Opta, the first player to do this was Yorke, who got a double against Liverpool in May 1994.
Back in 2000, Joachim matched that feat in the 4-1 destruction of Derby County in September 2000. Replacing an injured David Ginola in the 19th minute, the English forward got the better of Estonian goalkeeper Mart Poom in the 28th and 87th minutes.
The former Kasimpasa man, who replaced Anwar El-Ghazi in the 62nd minute on Sunday, got his first goal of the evening in the 78th minute to cancel out Aleksandar Mitrovic’s opener for Fulham.
Three minutes later, he completed his double, beating goalkeeper Alphonse Areola after profiting from an assist from Keinan Davis. Victory was guaranteed for Dean Smith’s men in the 87th minute courtesy of Ollie Watkins’ effort.
Also, Trezeguet’s brilliance saw him overtake Ahmed El Mohamady as the fourth-highest scoring Egyptian - with eight goals - in the history of the English elite division.
Following his double against @FulhamFC on Sunday, @AVFCOfficial's Mahmoud Hassan @Trezeguet has overtaken Ahmed El Mohamady as the fourth-highest scoring Egyptian in the @premierleague history [eight goals]. #AVLFUL pic.twitter.com/jRufQfSc5R
— Shina Oludare 🇳🇬 (@sportingshina) April 4, 2021
After the match, manager Smith expressed his delight with how his substitutes changed the complexion of the game against Parker’s men.
“There was a great response today. Ty ends up getting the assist for Trez and then Keinan comes on and gets another assist for Trez,” he told the club website.
“They’re not a bad team. I don’t think that they should be in the position they’re in, but you have to play what’s in front of you.
“We probably negated each other at times. Two similar systems of plays – both trying to play through the thirds. I’m delighted with the result and the impact the substitutes made.”
As a result of Aston Villa’s comeback victory, they climbed to ninth in the EPL log after amassing 44 points from 29 games played so far in the 2020-21 campaign.
The Birmingham based outfit are up against Liverpool in their next outing on April 10.