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Football: Lewandowski equals Bundesliga record with 40th goal this season

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/life/05/15/20210515-robert-lewandowski-rtr.jpg"/><figcaption>On May 15, 2021, Bayern Munich&#x27;s Robert Lewandowski reacts during a Bundesliga match between SC Freiburg and Bayern Munich in Germany. <em>Thomas Kienzle, Pool via Reuters</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Robert Lewandowski equaled Gerd Mueller&#x27;s 49-year-old scoring record as the Bayern Munich striker netted his 40th Bundesliga goal of the season in a 2-2 draw at Freiburg on Saturday.</p><p>Lewandowski, FIFA&#x27;s best male player of 2020, has equaled Mueller&#x27;s tally, scored over 34 games in 1971/72, in just 28 league fixtures this term.</p><p>Lewandowski converted a penalty for the champions after 26 minutes to equal the league&#x27;s record.</p><p>As part of his penalty celebrations, the Poland striker lifted his match shirt to reveal a picture of Gerd Mueller over the text &quot;4ever Gerd&quot;.</p><p>The fixture was briefly halted after Lewandowski equalled Mueller&#x27;s milestone as his Bayern team-mates made a guard-of-honor on the side of the pitch which the smiling 32-year-old ran through.</p><p>Freiburg drew level almost immediately when Manuel Gulde headed in at the near post from a corner on 29 minutes after slipping his marker.</p><p>Bayern, who were crowned German champions last weekend for the ninth season in a row, upped the tempo after the break.</p><div><strong>RELATED LINKS:</strong></div><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/12/18/20/football-robert-lewandowski-the-body-who-put-messi-and-ronaldo-in-rearview">Football: Robert Lewandowski, ‘the Body’ who put Messi and Ronaldo in rearview</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/12/13/20/football-lewandowski-rescues-bayern-at-union-dortmund-suffer-disaster">Football: Lewandowski rescues Bayern at Union, Dortmund suffer &#x27;disaster&#x27;</a></li></ul><p>Serge Gnabry had a goal disallowed six minutes into the second-half after the VAR spotted he was offside in tapping home a Leroy Sane cross.</p><p>However, the Bavarians kept up the pressure and when David Alaba&#x27;s long-range pass found Thomas Mueller in the area just moments later, he squared for Sane who hit home on 53 minutes. </p><p>Freiburg had their chances to equalize as second-half replacements Lucas Hoeler and Janik Haberer both went close before Christian Guenter brought the sides level nine minutes from time.</p><p>Lewandowski can still break Mueller&#x27;s record as Bayern have one match left of the campaign at home to Augsburg next Saturday.</p><p>The former Borussia Dortmund forward, who has scored 47 goals in 39 games in all competitions this season, is set to be crowned the Bundesliga&#x27;s top-scorer for the sixth time in eight years. </p><p>His tally of 40 league goals this season includes four hat-tricks as well as a four-goal haul in Bayern&#x27;s nervy 4-3 home win against Hertha Berlin last October.</p><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1664388" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>Robert Lewandowski equalled Gerd Mueller's 49-year-old scoring record as the Bayern Munich striker netted his 40th Bundesliga goal of the season in a 2-2 draw at Freiburg on Saturday.</p>

Robert Lewandowski equalled Gerd Mueller's 49-year-old scoring record as the Bayern Munich striker netted his 40th Bundesliga goal of the season in a 2-2 draw at Freiburg on Saturday.