Southampton 6-1 Aston Villa: Sadio Mane scores fastest Premier League hat-trick and Shane Long bags two in frenetic first-half

Southampton's Sadio Mane scored the fastest hat-trick in Premier League history with strikes in the space of two minutes and 56 seconds as Tim Sherwood's Aston Villa were humbled on Saturday.

The Senegalese winger found the net after 12 mins 22 secs, 13 mins 46 secs and 15 mins 18 secs before Shane Long got in on the act with a double of his own, first rolling into an open net and then chipping in from range.

Christian Benteke rose above Jose Fonte to head into the top corner on the stroke of half-time as his side went into the break 5-1 down.

A much-improved second half couldn't heal the damaging scoreline and

Graziano Pelle picked up a deserved goal of his own with an 81st-minute volley at the end of a pinpoint cross from Mane.

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Southampton's Sadio Mane celebrates the first of the first-half treble on his way to the fastest ever Premier League hat-trick

Southampton players crowd around Mane after the Senegalese winger found the net for the third time in two minutes and 56 seconds

Alan Hutton is helpless as Mane slots in his first of the day with a simple left-footed finish after a defensive shambles from Villa

Mane makes it 2-0 little more than a minute after his first with his other foot, again into an unattended net 

Mane's third was a gem of a finish, first time with the side of his right boot and into the roof of the net

PLAYER RATINGS, PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE AND MATCH ZONE STATS

SOUTHAMPTON: Gazzaniga, Clyne, Fonte, Alderweireld, Bertrand, Wanyama, S. Davis (Yoshida 72mins), Ward-Prowse (Djuricic 80), Mane, Long, Pelle (Elia 85)

Substitutes not used: K. Davis, Gardos, Reed, Targett

Goals: Mane (13, 14, 16), Long (26, 38), Pelle  (81) 

Booked: Wanyama 

ASTON VILLA: Given, Bacuna (Lowton 67), Vlaar, Okore, Hutton, Westwood, Delph, Cleverley, N’Zogbia (Agbonlahor 57), Grealish (Sinclair 82), Benteke

Substitutes not used: Guzan, Weimann, Senderos, Sanchez, Sinclair

Goals: Benteke (45)

Booked: Westwood 

Referee: Robert Madley

Attendance: 31,636

Southampton's opener for Sadio Mane went the full length of the pitch - CLICK HERE for more stats from our fabulous match zone

Villa keeper Shay Given rises to his feet after a challenge in the penalty area only in time to watch Mane roll the ball into the net for 1-0

Mane's dancing boots got a workout in a frenetic first half as Southampton raced to a 2-0 lead with his second in the 14th minute

The third for Mane and Southampton was no tap in, with the winger side-footing a ball coming across his body into the roof of the net

Given has no chance as Mane wraps up his hat-trick in the 16th minute to leave Sherwood's relegation-threatened side reeling at 3-0