Robert Lewandowski scored his 43rd Bundesliga extremity of 2021 to interruption Gerd Muller's 49-year grounds of astir goals scored successful a calendar year.
The Polish guardant scored the 4th extremity successful Bayern Munich's 4-0 triumph implicit Wolfsburg connected Friday, eclipsing Muller with conscionable 3 minutes remaining successful Bayern's past Bundesliga lucifer of the year.
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Legendary German striker Muller, wide considered 1 of the game's champion finishers, had held the grounds of 42 goals since 1972.In August, the nine mourned Muller's decease astatine 75.
The large scored a singular 566 goals successful 607 competitory appearances for Bayern Munich.
Lewandowski was thought to beryllium the frontrunner for the yearly Ballon d'Or grant but mislaid retired to Paris Saint-Germain guardant Lionel Messi backmost successful November.
It was besides an evening to retrieve for Bayern's Thomas Muller, who celebrated his 400th Bundesliga quality by scoring the opening extremity against Wolfsburg.
Two goals successful 2 minutes successful the 2nd fractional from Dayot Upamecano and Leroy Sane ended the crippled arsenic a contest, earlier Lewandowski enactment the icing connected the barroom precocious on.
The triumph moves Bayern 9 points wide of Borussia Dortmund astatine the apical of the table, with the squad present heading into the wintertime interruption until January 7.
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