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25th Oct 2015

A Liverpool cult hero is officially as good as Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi combined

Ballon d'Or banker

Darragh Murphy

Remember Dirk Kuyt?

He was a rabid, ball-chasing footballer who could play up front, on the wing or, on one mad day for the Netherlands, at full back.

The stringy-haired Dutchman attained hero status at Anfield, scoring 71 goals in 285 appearances for the Reds before being sold to Fenerbahce in 2012.

Three years later and Kuyt is absolutely killing it for Feyenoord.

The 35-year-old has been doing his best Robert Lewandowski impression as of late and scored his second hat-trick in a week with his trio of strikes against AZ Alkmaar on Sunday.

The third was his tenth goal in ten games this season which will make for terrible reading for Liverpool fans whose side have scored just nine goals in the Premier League this season.

Not only that but it also means that Kuyt is officially just the same as Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi combined, we promise.

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