Bayern Munich beat Salzburg: Robert Lewandowski hat-trick – The Bayern Munich striker has completed a hat-trick inside the opening 23 minutes of his side’s Champions League clash with RB Salzburg tonight, which has turned out to be the fastest hat-trick in the history of the competition. He has now also overtaken Ajax’s Sébastien Haller as the top goal scorer in the competition this season with 12 goals. Follow InsideSport.IN for the latest sports news.
Bayern Munich beat Salzburg: Robert Lewandowski scores an 11-minute hat-trick against RB Salzburg to break 1996 Champions League record
The Pole stuck away two penalties, one in the 12th minute before his second followed eight minutes later. That wasn’t enough for the 33-year-old as he then latched on to chaos in the visitors’ backline before tapping home.
15-16: 42
16-17: 43
17-18: 41
18-19: 40
19-20: 55
20-21: 48
21-22: 42 and countingRobert Lewandowski has scored 40-plus goals for Bayern in seven consecutive seasons 🤖 pic.twitter.com/vSP2TqiuCT
— B/R Football (@brfootball) March 8, 2022
Bayern Munich beat Salzburg: Lewandowski scores 11-minute hat-trick
Both sides went close inside the opening two minutes, Philipp Köhn pulling off a phenomenal low stop to his left to keep out Robert Lewandowski but on the break, Kingsley Coman had to be alert in his wing-back role to put in a block which kept out a certain goal.
But it was Bayern who ultimately took the lead when Lewandowski was fouled in the centre of the area and despite some attempts at gamesmanship to put him off, he calmly sent Köhn the wrong way from the spot.
Bayern Munich beat Salzburg: Robert Lewandowski breaks 1996 Champions League record
A similar crude challenge through the back of the Pole shortly afterwards led to a VAR review to determine if it had occurred inside the area and after it was determined that was the case, Lewandowski again effortlessly stroked home from 12 yards.
Moments later, he completed a stunning 11-minute hat-trick when a big defensive mix-up saw him block a clearance onto the post before following up to tap in the rebound to move past Sébastien Haller as the season’s top scorer in the competition with 12.
Robert Lewandowski passes Gerd Müller to become Bayern’s all-time leading scorer in Europe after his hat trick today ✨ pic.twitter.com/2CWnNQVvqN
— B/R Football (@brfootball) March 8, 2022
Lewandowski completed his hat-trick in the 23rd minute of the game, the earliest hat-trick scored in a Champions League game since Marco Simone in 1996 (24 minutes), as per OptaJoe in the tweet below. Two of the Polish striker’s goals were from the penalty spot, but that certainly won’t bother the 33-year-old.
Bayern Munich beat Salzburg: Robert Lewandowski scores an 11-minute hat-trick against RB Salzburg to break 1996 Champions League record
