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title: "Arsenal: Charles Watts gushes over Ray Parlour’s hat-trick vs Werder Bremen"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/arsenal-charles-watts-gushes-over-ray-parlours-hat-trick-vs-werder-bremen/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Domagoj kostanjsak"
section: "Arsenal Football Club"
published: "2020-03-24T20:00:49Z"
modified: "2020-03-31T15:22:47Z"
---

# Arsenal: Charles Watts gushes over Ray Parlour’s hat-trick vs Werder Bremen

**23 March is a special date on every Arsenal fan’s calendar and especially for the generation that followed the Gunners’ road in the UEFA Cup in 1999/2000 season.**

The London outfit had to face Werder Bremen in the quarter-finals and were propelled to a 4-2 victory away from home by none other than a real cult hero, Ray Parlour.

Arsenal’s legendary midfielder managed to score a hat-trick with two first-half goals and one in the second half.

But the best thing about it is that each goal seems to be better than the other — and the bend on the first one was simply sublime.

Charles Watts was one of the journalists who couldn’t believe the quality of the strikes and called it a “ridiculously good” hat-trick on his Twitter profile.

And looking at the goals, it’s really difficult to disagree with him on that one.

Pure class.

https://twitter.com/charles\_watts/status/1242147749950369795?s=20

***Arsenal fans, do you remember this incredible night for your team and Parlour? What did you think of the goals? Let us know down in the comments below!***