Lewandowski equals Gerd Mueller's 40-goal season record from 1971/72

FREIBURG, Germany: Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski on Saturday equalled Gerd Mueller's 49-year-old German league goal record when he scored with a 26th minute penalty against Freiburg to take his season tally to 40 goals.

The Poland striker is already second on the all-time scorers list in the Bundesliga, with 276 goals now, behind only Mueller's 365. Mueller set his record in the 1971/72 season.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="rtl">I achieved a goal that once seemed impossible to imagine <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Lewy40?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Lewy40</a> ⚽ I&#39;m so unbelievably proud to make history for <a href="https://twitter.com/FCBayern?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FCBayern</a>, and to play a part in creating the stories that fans will tell their children - following in the footsteps of legends like Gerd Müller <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RL9?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RL9</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/4EverGerd?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#4EverGerd</a> 🤜🤛 <a href="https://t.co/G7EYWz88dn">pic.twitter.com/G7EYWz88dn</a></p>&mdash; Robert Lewandowski (@lewy_official) <a href="https://twitter.com/lewy_official/status/1393594793511501824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 15, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>