AMSTERDAM — With a hat trick, Victor Osimhen has moved atop the Champions League scoring table.
The Nigeria striker netted all three goals in Galatasaray's 3-0 victory over Ajax in Amsterdam on Wednesday.
Osimhen now has six goals this season in Europe's elite club competition. That's one more than Harry Kane, Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland.
The Istanbul club signed Osimhen to a permanent deal from Napoli in the summer for a record transfer fee in the Turkish League worth reportedly 75 million euros ($86 million).
It’s clear why.
The 26-year-old striker needed less than 20 minutes to complete his first hat trick in the competition.
He headed in the opener in the 59th minute off a cross from Leroy Sané. In the 66th and 78th, his perfectly executed spot kicks gave no chance to Ajax g

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