Robert Lewandowski’s objectives shall be very important to Barcelona’s La Liga title problem within the coming months.
The Polish worldwide netted the fourth purpose in Barcelona’s 4-0 weekend rout of 10-man Actual Sociedad because the Catalan reclaimed high spot within the desk.
The weekend wraps up with Hansi Flick’s crew one level forward of second positioned Atletico Madrid and three above Actual Madrid in third spot.
Lewandowski’s purpose brings him as much as 21 in league motion this season and 34 cut up throughout all competitions.
That second determine is especially eye-catching because it units a brand new benchmark for him as a Barcelona participant.
The 36-year-old netted 23 league objectives in his debut marketing campaign, as Barcelona gained La Liga in 2022/23, and he managed 33 total.
That whole tally has now been smashed with 12 league video games to go as an unbelievable present of consistency from Lewandowski regardless of his age.
His age-defying exploits might break extra floor within the coming weeks as he goals to reclaim his Golden Boot award from 2023 after solely netting 19 league objectives final season.
That was his lowest league return since 2014/15 and Lewandowski at present leads Kylian Mbappe by 4 objectives within the high scorer charts.
He’s properly course rating over 23 league objectives, and set a brand new La Liga mark for himself, however he’s unlikely to match his Bayern Munich best-ever of 41 within the Bundesliga and 55 total from from 2021 and 2020 respectively.
2019/20 was his sole season as the highest UEFA Champions League scorer, with 15, and his present whole of 9 could be constructed on.
Barcelona are sturdy favourites to progress previous Benfica within the final 16, and on into the quarter finals, which might give him no less than 4 extra video games to maneuver into double figures.
He’s at present second on the Champions League purpose listing for 202/25 with Borussia Dortmund Serhou Guirassy on 10 forward of their clashes with Lille.