Lewandowski sets new record
Berlin, Germany - Robert Lewandowski set a new record for the first half of a Bundesliga season on Sunday by netting his 21st league goal of 2020-21 as leaders Bayern Munich went four points clear with a 2-1 win over Freiburg.
Lewandowski's early strike was cancelled out by a Nils Petersen equaliser before Thomas Mueller grabbed Bayern's late winner having earlier set up his teammate's record-breaking goal.
Bayern, the only top five club to win this weekend, ended Freiburg's five-match winning streak in the league.
With a game in hand, Lewandowski has broken Gerd Mueller's record of 20 goals in 17 matches for the first half of a German league season set in 1968-69.
Lewandowski, FIFA's best male player of 2020, has now scored nine goals in his last six league games
He is also on course to break Mueller's all-time record of 40 goals in a single Bundesliga season from 1971-72. At exactly the same point during that record season, 49 years ago, Mueller had scored 17
OTHER RESULTS:
Saturday: Borussia Dortmund 1 Mainz 1, Hoffenheim 0 Arminia Bielefeld 0, VfL Wolfsburg 2 RB Leipzig 2, Cologne 0 Hertha Berlin 0, Werder Bremen 2 Augsburg 0, VfB Stuttgart 2 Borussia Moenchengladbach 2.
Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) to beat Angers 1-0 on Saturday and go top of Ligue 1 despite coach Mauricio Pochettino testing positive for COVID-19 before the game. Kurzawa scored with 20 minutes left at the Stade Raymond Kopa to send PSG provisionally two points clear of Lyon, who will have the chance to reclaim first place when they host Metz on Sunday night.
Assistants Jesus Perez and Miguel D'Agostino took charge of the PSG side with Pochettino having to self-isolate after the announcement on Friday that he had contracted the virus.
OTHER RESULTS:
Sunday: Brest 1 Rennes 2, Nantes 1 Lens 1, Nice 0 Bordeaux 3, Strasbourg 1 Saint-Etienne 0.
Sunday: Napoli 6 Fiorentina 0, Sassuolo 1 Parma 1, Crotone 4 Benevento 1; Saturday: Bologna 1 Hellas Verona 0, Torino 0 Spezia 0, Sampdoria 2 Udinese 1; Friday: Lazio 3 Roma 0.