Anthony Gordon lit up the Champions League on Wednesday night with a sensational four goals - including a hat-trick inside 33 minutes - in the first-half for Newcastle away to Qarabag.
Eddie Howe's men went into half-time with a commanding 5-0 lead in Baku - before conceding and scoring again after the restart - to ensure their return leg against the Azerbaijani champions will be a far less stressful one.
And Gordon, netting in the third, 32nd, 33rd and 45th-minute stoppage time of the knockout phase play-off, now holds the record for the fastest-ever hat-trick by an English player in the Champions League.
Mike Newell famously scored three in an astonishing nine minutes for Blackburn Rovers in the Champions League against Rosenborg in December 1995 but his last goal was scored in the 40th minute, making Gordon's faster in terms of when the strikes occurred in the tie.
Gordon's three goals are also the fastest to have been scored by a player for an English club in the Champions League, and his fourth makes him the only English player to have scored as many in one game in Europe's premier competition.
Despite the record-breaking evening, the winger found himself exchanging seemingly fierce words with Newcastle defender Kieran Trippier as Howe's side walked off the pitch at half-time.
It is unclear what caused the row but Tripper could be seen gesticulating towards his team-mate as Dan Burn and Anthony Elanga looked to defuse the situation.
Gordon was admittedly helped to his four goals by some calamitous defending by Qarabag, whose centre-back Kevin Medina completely misjudged the ball to leave the 24-year-old one-on-one with goalkeeper Mateusz Kochalski for his third.
His first finish, however, was a masterclass in attacking. On the back of Burn's marauding run through the heart of the Qarabag midfield, Gordon ghosted in behind the defence and slotted home.
The England international later scored two penalties in the space of 12 minutes, taking his tally to 10 goals in the Champions League this season, ahead of the likes of Harry Kane and Erling Haaland.
Gordon is now second in the Champions League top-scorers list, only behind Kylian Mbappe, who has 13 goals. Five of the Englishman's goals have been penalties, while only three of the Real Madrid star's have been from the spot.
Qarabag did pull a goal back in the second half through Elvin Cafarguliyev, in what was the Azerbaijani side's first shot on goal of the game, before Gordon's substitute replacement Jacob Murphy added a sixth for Newcastle.
The hat-trick was a career first for Gordon and his fourth strike made him just the second player in the Champions League to have bagged four in the first-half of a Champions League game.
Luiz Adriano, while playing for Shahktar Donetsk against BATE Borisov, was the first to achieve the feat in 2014.
The Englishman also becomes just the latest player in the competition's history to score four in one game, joining an illustrious list which includes the likes of Haaland, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Mbappe.
Only Haaland, Messi and Adriano have scored five in one Champions League game, with the Barcelona legend's coming against Bayer Leverkusen in March 2012. Meanwhile, Adriano's came in the tie against BATE and Haaland's came against RB Leipzig in March 2023.
Gordon's goals also meant he surpassed Alan Shearer's Champions League record of seven during the legend's time at St James' Park.
Newcastle host Qarabag in the return leg of Wednesday's fixture on February 24.