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Marouane Fellaini scores stunning hat trick for Shandong Luneng with three headers in EIGHT second-half minutes to inspire dramatic comeback victory in Chinese Super League opener

Marouane Fellaini scored a hat-trick of headers in eight second-half minutes to earn Shandong Luneng a dramatic comeback victory over Dalian Pro in the opening round of the new Chinese Super League season.

The 32-year-old former Belgium midfielder headed home right-wing crosses - two of which were corners - in the 79th, 83rd and 86th minutes to help Shandong claim a 3-2 win.

Fellaini, who joined Shandong in February 2019 after 11 seasons in England with Everton and Manchester United, had tested positive for coronavirus earlier this year.

Marouane Fellaini scored a hat-trick of headers for Shandong Luneng in the second-half
The former Manchester United man helped turn the game around for the visiting side
Rafael Benitez's side were 1-0 up on 79 minutes when Fellaini scored the first of his headers
Former West Brom and Newcastle man Salomon Rondon had given Benitez's side the lead

Chinese media reported in March that he had been in isolation at Jinan hospital, which specialises in infectious diseases, having recently returned to the country after a spell in Dubai following the outbreak of Covid-19.