Haaland is a big fan of ‘crazy’ Lewandowski

Berlin – Bayern Munich and their veteran striker Robert Lewandowski (right) host Borussia Dortmund and their Norwegian top-scorer Erling Braut Haaland in Germany’s “Klassiker” today.

With 28 goals in 22 league games, Lewandowski is on his way to being crowned the Bundesliga’s top-scorer for the fourth season running.

The Poland international has banged in 16 goals in his last 13 league games.

“That man is crazy. Just crazy,” Haaland told Norwegian TV, admitting he is a fan of his Polish rival.

“When I score, I’m one goal closer to catching him up.

“And then he just scores another hat-trick like it’s an everyday thing.”

Gerd Mueller’s all-time record of 40 goals in a single Bundesliga season is under threat.

At the same stage of the 1971/72 season, Mueller had scored 25 goals; Lewandowski has 28.

Despite missing a month with injury, Haaland, 20, has managed 17 league goals this season, but admits there is “a lot” he can learn from Lewandowski.

Bayern have won the club’s last four clashes, including a 3-2 win at Dortmund last November, when both Haaland and Lewandowski both scored.

That followed a 3-2 victory for Bayern in the German Super Cup in September, yet Dortmund fancy their chances at Munich’s Allianz Arena.

“This season we have shown in both games that we have gotten closer in recent comparisons,” Dortmund caretaker coach Edin Terzic told Kicker.

Both teams are in form – Dortmund have won their last four games while Bayern have scored nine goals in their last two wins.

Thomas Mueller, having recovered from Covid-19, set up one of Lewandowski’s two goals in a 5-1 thumping of Cologne last Saturday.

Haaland can bank on the silky passes of England winger Jadon Sancho and Dortmund captain Marco Reus, who is back to his best after injury.

Bayern are top of the league, 13 points clear of Dortmund, but only two ahead of Leipzig.

Fifth-placed Dortmund want a win in Munich to bridge the three-point gap to the Champions League places. –