Bayern Munich: Best moments of Robert Lewandowski

The biggest transfer saga of the summer came to a conclusion late on Friday. Bayern Munich had accepted Barcelona’s fourth and final bid for Robert Lewandowski. The Polish striker wanted a new challenge in his career. After extensive negotiations with Barcelona, Die Roten eventually granted his wish.

After spending eight seasons in Bavaria, Lewandowski will be donning Barcelona’s jersey from next season. The Polish striker bid goodbyes to his teammates at Sabner Strasse on Saturday. He was not present at the presentation ceremony at Allianz Arena as he will be travelling to the USA to meet his new teammates.

Robert Lewandowski has been an incredible signing for Die Roten. He arrived from Dortmund in 2014 on a free transfer. After scoring 344 goals in 375 appearances for Bayern, Lewandowski will be leaving Bavaria for a significant fee.

The last couple of months has been far from ideal as Lewandowski publicly engineered a move to Barcelona. However, he continued to be a very good professional by reporting for training at Sabner Strasse this week. Despite a slightly bitter end, Lewandowski will go down as one of the best strikers in Bayern’s history. Let us look back at some of the best moments of the Polish striker with Rekordmeister.

Record-breaking goal in the Bundesliga

Robert Lewandowski has broken several records during his time at Bayern. However, the best of the lot was breaking Gerd Muller’s record for most goals in a single season of the Bundesliga. The Polish striker managed to score 41 goals during the 2020/21 campaign.

Muller’s record of 40 goals stood for 49 goals in the Bundesliga. It was always going to take a special effort to break this record. Lewandowski also managed to achieve this feat in the most dramatic manner. The Poland international found the back of the net in the final minute of the last league game of the season. He showed great striker’s instinct as usual to score the goal that clinched the record.

It is a very special record since Lewandowski didn’t play the usual 34 league games. The Poland international scored 41 goals in 29 league games. He missed a few games in March, which eventually proved to be fatal for the club’s hopes of retaining the Champions League title.

Lewandowski’s record is unlikely to be broken anytime soon. This particular record summed up his tenure at Bayern. The Polish striker was relentless throughout the game against Augsburg as he did for the entire season. The wild celebrations with his teammates after scoring this goal will always be itched in every Bayern fan’s mind.

Five goals against Wolfsburg after coming off the bench

Lewandowski has started most of the games throughout his eight seasons at Bayern. The Polish striker averaged 46 appearances per season in Bavaria. However, his most ruthless goal-scoring performance for Die Roten was in a game where he came off the bench.

In September 2015, Bayern was trailing against Wolfsburg at half-time. Pep Guardiola turned to Robert Lewandowski to make a comeback in the game. The Polish striker came on after half-time and changed the nature of the result on its head by the hour mark.

Lewandowski managed to score whopping five goals in nine minutes. Every goal had a different finish, which highlighted how good a striker Lewandowski was for Die Roten. He managed to score in and outside the box. He rounded off an incredible performance by scoring an acrobatic goal.  In this astonishing nine minutes, Robert Lewandowski became the quickest to score a hattrick, four goals, and five goals in a Bundesliga game.

Everything Lewandowski touched in this game turned to gold. After an average debut season with Die Roten, the Poland international regained momentum with an astonishing performance at Allianz Arena. He ended up scoring 40+ goals in each of the seven seasons after this performance against Wolfsburg. The exploits against Wolfsburg will go down as one of the best individual performances in the Bundesliga’s history.

Victorious Champions League campaign with Bayern

Robert Lewandowski was initially criticized for not coming good in the knockout games of the Champions League. The Bavarian club was not able to win the Champions League for six seasons since lifting it at Wembley under Jupp Heynckes.

Lewandowski couldn’t maintain his goalscoring exploits in Europe, which eventually attracted criticism in Germany. The Poland international ended up answering his critics by delivering one of the best individual seasons in the Champions League.

After the appointment of Hansi Flick as head coach midway through the 2019/20 campaign, Bayern ended up winning the Champions League. Lewandowski helped Die Roten to dominate some of the best teams in Europe. The Polish striker ended up scoring 15 goals in the ten Champions League games. He ended up scoring against the likes of Chelsea and Barcelona during the knockout rounds of the Champions League.

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Along with scoring at a consistent rate throughout the Champions League campaign, Lewandowski also worked hard to create chances for his teammates. After years of criticism for not turning up in the Champions League, Robert Lewandowski delivered a season for the ages. It was a disaster and unfortunate for Lewandowski that he was not awarded Ballon d’Or for the year. However, the Bavarian faithful will fondly remember this campaign.