Ousmane Dembele, the reigning Ballon d'Or, scored just the fourth hat-trick by a French player in World Cup history on Friday Credit: MAURO PIMENTEL / AFP

Ousmane Dembele produced his best ever World Cup performance with a stunning first-half hat-trick in France’s 4-1 win over Norway on Friday, and then insisted it was his least impressive performance of this year’s tournament so far.

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