40-goal record holds firm as Muller turns 70
ON HIS 70th birthday, Gerd Muller’s (pix) record of 40 goals in a single Bundesliga season is ‘still unbeatable’ – according to one of the strikers who could break it.
Muller, dubbed ‘the Bomber of the Nation’ is being treated for Alzheimer’s at a Bavarian nursing home as the Bayern Munich and Germany legend turned 70 yesterday.
During his career, Muller finished as the Bundesliga’s topscorer on seven occasions.
No-one has ever come close to beating his record haul of 40 German league goals scored in the 1971/72 season – until now.
Current Bayern striker Robert Lewandowski has so far scored 13 goals in 11 league games this campaign.
At the same stage of the season in 1971, Muller had only scored six goals, while Lewand- owski needed just nine minutes to score five goals against Wolfsburg in September.
The Poland hot-shot hopes to add to his tally of 17 goals in all competitions for Bayern this season at home to Arsenal today in the Champions League.
But the 27-year-old insists Muller’s record over a 34-match league season is still a long way off.
“It’s still too far away. You’d need to score two or three goals in every game, only then can you think about doing it,” said Lewandowski.