How Robert Lewandowski matched Lionel Messi in Barcelona’s win over Girona | OneFootball

Barcelona star Robert Lewandowski on Sunday evening secured for himself a fresh piece of recent Spanish football history.

This comes owing to his exploits in Barca’s La Liga meeting with Girona.

Hansi Flick’s troops are fresh off making it two victories in the space of less than 72 hours, at the expense of Catalan rivals Girona.

Despite a scare early in the 2nd-half upon the visitors drawing level through Arnaut Danjuma, the Blaugrana ultimately emerged on the right side of a dominant 4-1 result.

And it was the aforementioned Robert Lewandowski who proved himself the star of the show.

Owing to a pair of fine finishes, the veteran frontman guided his teammates to another important victory amid their ongoing pursuit of the La Liga title.

And as alluded to above, additionally, Lewandowski made some fresh history.

As revealed by statisticians Opta:

‘Robert Lewandowski is the first La Liga player to score 25 goals in his first 28 games of a season since Lionel Messi for FC Barcelona in the 2018/19 campaign (29 goals).’

Conor Laird – GSFN