By Laurie Whitwell for the Daily Mail
Published: 22:39 GMT, 20 January 2019 | Updated: 22:55 GMT, 20 January 2019
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By sweeping in a dramatic stoppage-time winner over Leicester, Diogo Jota became the second Portuguese player to score a Premier League hat-trick.
It says something about his promise that he has done so at a younger age than the first, Cristiano Ronaldo.
While the former Manchester United forward was also 22 when he struck three times against Newcastle in January 2008, he was 295 days older than Jota.
Diogo Jota hit a hat-trick as Wolves beat Leicester 4-3 in a dramatic encounter
Ronaldo's scoring rate far exceeds what Jota has attained so far, but the comparison provides neat context for a player who is beginning to get a grip of the top flight.
Jota was instrumental in Wolves gaining promotion, scoring consistently throughout last season, 17 times in total. But before Christmas he had gone 13 games without a goal.
Wolves manager Nuno Espirito Santo moved to a system of two up top, rather than a front three with wingers, bringing Jota closer to the box and producing a blossoming partnership with Raul Jimenez.
Jota surpassed Cristiano Ronaldo by becoming the youngest Portuguese player to score a Premier League hat-trick
Chris Kavanagh was right to send off Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo because he celebrated the winning goal on the pitch, but there was no difference between this and what Jurgen Klopp did in the Merseyside derby.
Kavanagh was the referee then, too, but he would not have dealt with such an incident before, so the Liverpool boss went unpunished until the FA stepped in.
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