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Bayern's Lewandowski breaks Mueller's 49-year league scoring record on final day

Published: 22 May 2021 - 06:19 pm | Last Updated: 05 Nov 2021 - 09:30 am
Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski celebrates scoring their fifth goal with teammates Pool via REUTERS/Sven Hoppe DFL regulations prohibit any use of photographs as image sequences and/or quasi-video.

Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski celebrates scoring their fifth goal with teammates Pool via REUTERS/Sven Hoppe DFL regulations prohibit any use of photographs as image sequences and/or quasi-video.

Reuters

MUNICH, Germany: Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski on Saturday broke Gerd Mueller's 49-year-old Bundesliga goal-scoring record for a season when he scored in the last minute of their last match of the season, a 5-2 win over Augsburg, taking his tally to 41 goals, one more than the former Bayern great.

The Poland striker is already second on the all-time scorers list in the Bundesliga, with 277 goals now, behind only Mueller's 365. Mueller set the previous record in the 1971/72 season with 40 goals, which Lewandowski equalled last week. (Reporting by Karolos Grohmann; Editing by Hugh Lawson)