The 32-year-old went into the final matchday of 2020/21 with 40 goals to his name, scored in just 28 appearances owing to injury, and level with Müller’s 1971/72 record.
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Lewandowski drew level with former Bayern Munich ace Gerd Mueller on 40 season goals last weekend, and can better the mark in Saturday’s finale.
Lewandowski, 32, converted a 26th minute penalty kick to draw level with Bayern Munich icon Gerd Mueller who had scored his 40 goals in 1971/1972.
The Bayern Munich striker Lewandowski obliged for now, converting a penalty kick in a 2-2 draw at Freiburg on Saturday.
Robert Lewandowski is determined to make scoring history in the Bundesliga with a couple more goals to end the season and his Bayern Munich teammates are backing him.
Bayern only started playing well on Saturday after Canadian youngster Alphonso Davies was sent off for a bad tackle on Stuttgart’s Wataru Endo in the 12th minute.
The Bundesliga’s match of the day this weekend may look more than just the duel between Robert Lewandowski and Erling Haaland, but both sides’ successes seem unimaginable without their leading goal-scorers.
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting headed Bayern into an early lead before Lewandowski, the league’s top scorer, struck twice to increase his league tally for the season to 28 goals.
This was after two goals from Robert Lewandowski gave them a clinical 2-0 win over Al Ahly on Monday.
European and German champions Bayern are seeking to add the title of world champions to their collection when the tournament takes place from February 4 to 11, 2021.
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 Polish team-mate’s record-breaking goal.
Lewandowski prevailed over French Open winner Iga Świątek and winner of the Four Hills Tournament Kamil Stoch in the vote organised by leading Polish sports magazine Przegląd Sportowy.
The event at the Burj Khalifa, Dubai, saw trophies get handed out to recognise the best people in football for the year and the current entry from 2001 to 2020.
The Bayern Munich striker was rewarded for his remarkable achievements between July 20, 2019 and October 7, 2020 with the top individual prize available for a male footballer this year.
The 32-year-old Poland striker becomes just the third player to reach the landmark in the German top flight, after Gerd Muller and Klaus Fischer.
For the first time in over 10 years, the finalists have been entirely chosen by the fans.
The Golden Foot is an annual prize introduced in 2003, with the winner chosen by the general public from 10 nominees
The win ensured the German Bundesliga champions stretched their record winning run in the UEFA Champions League to 14 consecutive games
The Bavarians, who are in action against Salzburg in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday and also face Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga next week, are on 15 points
In a typically ruthless Bayern performance, the prolific Poland forward struck twice in the first half hour and added a third after halftime before substitutes Leroy Sane and Jamal Musiala completed the rout.