Robert Lewandowski broke his own personal best scoring record for a single season, as the striker scored his 44th goal of the 2019/20 campaign in Bayern Munich’s convincing 4-2 victory at Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday.
The Poland international found the target on 66 minutes to set a new individual milestone, with Hansi Flick’s men extending their lead at the Bundesliga to 10 points.
The 31-year-old has now notched 44 goals in just 38 appearances this term, a quite incredible goal haul at any level – let alone in one of the most competitive leagues in the world.
Incredibly, Lewandowski has reached the 40-goal mark in five successive seasons, and has scored 235 times in just 279 appearances for the German giants since joining from Borussia Dortmund in 2014.
The Poland international has now reached 30 goals in Bundesliga this term, the third time he has hit that tally – and the first since 2016-17.
Bayern fell behind after just eight minutes as Leverkusen failed to build on Lucas Alario’s early opener with the visitors as putting their foot on the gas, with Kingsley Coman, Leon Goretzka, Serge Gnabry and Lewandowski all on the scoresheet.
The hosts were without star man Kai Havertz for the match and failed to build on Alario’s smart stabbed finish as Flick’s men took control at the BayArena.
Coman raced through to coolly level, with Goretzka firing home a fine left-footed shot before Gnabry rubbed salt into the wounds on the stroke of half-time.
Lewandowski put the icing on the cake for Bayern, before Leverkusen’s Florian Wirtz became the Bundesliga’s youngest ever scorer with a late consolation.
Meanwhile, Thomas Muller also set a new assist record in the same fixtures, becoming the first player in German top-flight history to provide 11 assists in the first half of a season.
