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Robert Lewandowski set two Champions League goal-scoring records as Bayern Munich romped into the quarterfinals at the expense of FC Salzburg.
After stuttering to a 1-1 draw in the first leg, Bayern dished out a 7-1 thrashing at the Allianz Arena to go striding into the last eight with an 8-2 aggregate victory.
Dominant 🥵#FCBSAL #MiaSanMia pic.twitter.com/CNJjSC9Hz5
— FC Bayern English (@FCBayernEN) March 8, 2022
The 33-year-old striker scored three goals to take himself beyond the 40-goal mark in all competitions for the seventh consecutive season, once again underpinning his importance to his side.
After failing to muster a single effort on target in the first leg, Lewandowski wasted little time righting that particular wrong in the second, getting things under way by successfully converting an early penalty with just 12 minutes on the clock. A second spot kick made it two on 21 minutes, before a third followed along less than 120 seconds later when the evergreen Poland international capitalised on a fortunate ricochet to tap home from close range.
🇵🇱 Robert Lewandowski hits double figures in this competition for the third time:
⚽️1⃣2⃣ in 2021/22
⚽️1⃣5⃣ in 2019/20
⚽️1⃣0⃣ in 2012/13#UCL pic.twitter.com/WWPAkIPYbS— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) March 8, 2022
Coming inside the first 23 minutes of the match, Lewandowski’s hat trick becomes the earliest ever scored by a player from the start of a Champions League match, pilfering the honours from former Milan forward Marco Simeone, who scored three times inside the first 24 minutes of a game against Rosenborg in 1996.
Taking just 11 minutes from first goal to last, Lewandowski’s three-goal extravaganza against Salzburg also ranks as the quickest hat trick ever scored in the knockout phases of the Champions League. And it’s the second entry Lewandowski now has in the all-time list.
But where does it…
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Source : espn
