Lewandowski claims goals record as Bayern go 4 clear
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 fivematch winning streak in the league.
The win lifted them to 36 points, four ahead of RB Leipzig who drew 2-2 with Wolfsburg on Saturday, and seven clear of Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Dortmund in third and fourth places.
“We were a bit lucky, but I’m happy with the result and now we have to continue on this path against Augsburg and Schalke,” said Bayern coach Hansi Flick with one eye on this week’s two league games.
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.
RESULTS
Bayern Munich 2 (Lewandowski 7, Mueller 74) Freiburg 1 (Petersen 62)
Eintracht Frankfurt 3 (Silva 28, Jovic 72, 90) Schalke 1 (Hoppe 29)