Kevin Prince Boateng in awe over hat-trick heroics

Published on: 23 October 2011

Ghana midfielder Kevin Prince Boateng can’t believe his heroics after his stunning second-half hat-trick helped AC Milan to come from three goals down to beat Lecce4-3 in Italy on Sunday.

The enforcer revealed that he played the game even though he had a knee injury and did not hesitate to fire his critics at the club.

Boateng will now keep the match ball at a special place in his house and he is delighted he was able to help the club get the stunning turnaround.

"It was very important that we could win this game, it was unbelievable, we came back, I scored three goals," said the man-of-the-match.

"It's a very good day for me, I will take this ball home and put it in an important place in my house.

"I was a bit injured on the knee and I think the coach wanted to give me a bit of a rest but we didn't play well in the first half so he told me to go out and try my best.

"I'm very happy we won the game because it hasn't been easy for us this season but this win shows we can come back and we worked very hard.

"I just try to work and play well, there are always negative people but I just look forwards. What's in the past is in the past, I don't think about this any more."

A quick-fire second-half Kevin Prince-Boateng hat-trick secured all three points for AC Milan againstLeccein a 4-3 thriller at the Via del Mare on Sunday.

A header from Guillermo Giacomazzi, a Massimo Oddo penalty and a smart Carlos Grossmuller finish had given the home side a three goal advantage at the interval.

But the introduction of Kevin Prince-Boateng at half-time completely changed the complexion of an absorbing encounter.

He fired a fourteen minute hat-trick to draw the sides level before Mario Yepes headed the winner with eight minutes remaining.

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