Lewandowski's 90th-minute goal to seal a
5-2 win over SC Freiburg on Saturday took his tally to 41 for the season. It
moved the Bayern Munich star ahead of Muller's long-standing 40-goal record set
in the 1971-72 season.
Lewandowski failed to score in only four of
the 27 league matches he started for Bayern this term. He scored three or more
goals on five occasions. His nearest challengers were Borussia Dortmund's
Erling Haaland (27) and Eintracht Frankfurt's Andre Silva (28).
"Gerd Muller is the fountainhead. In
my eyes, he is the most important player in the history of FC Bayern
Munich," his former Germany and Bayern teammate Franz Beckenbauer said in
November 2020.
Lewandowski is less than 90 goals off
Muller's all-time Bundesliga record and has averaged nearly 28 goals a season
since joining Dortmund in 2010.
Under contract at the Allianz Arena for
another two years, Lewandowski could now target the all-time record for which
he would likely require another deal at Bayern.
Lewandowski, 32, is also likely to win the
European Golden Shoe for the first time with nearest challengers Lionel Messi
and Cristiano Ronaldo 12 away. Messi's domestic season ended after injury ruled
him out of Barcelona's final match of the campaign, while Ronaldo and Juventus
have just one game remaining.
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