WATCH: Lionel Messi's former team-mate submits contender for Puskas Award with insane 35-yard goal after scoring four times in Carabao Cup game

Gomez opened the scoring of a 6-0 win with a routine close-range finish, the kind you’d expect any midfielder worth his salt to tuck away. But the second was a belter, rifled in from the edge of the Barnsley box with venom that had supporters screaming 'goal of the season' across social media.

That would’ve been enough to headline any highlight reel, but Gomez wasn’t finished. Just after the half-hour mark, he launched a half-volley from close to 40 yards out.

Most players would’ve walked off happy with a match ball and a hat-trick, but Gomez. On 68 minutes, the midfielder popped up again to tuck home his fourth, rubbing salt into Barnsley’s already gaping wounds.

Even when Gomez’s number went up in the 75th minute, Brighton didn’t take their foot off the gas. Academy prospect Harry Howell stepped onto the stage with his first-ever professional strike. Moments later, Yasin Ayari added the sixth to round off a 6-0 thrashing under the Oakwell floodlights.

As the dust settles on a night of pure magic, the big question is whether Gomez can carry this scorching form into the Premier League. Brighton head to Stamford Bridge this weekend to take on Chelsea, and after this performance, all eyes will be on the 22-year-old Paraguayan.