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Former Arsenal star reveals he was drunk the night before he scored a hat-trick

Pennant helped himself to a hat-trick that day [COURTESY]

Jermaine Pennant has revealed he was DRUNK when he scored a hat-trick on his first start for Arsenal.

The winger has told how he wasn't expecting to be in the Gunners' starting XI for their home game against Southampton on May 7, 2003 - so he went out and got very, very drunk.

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