Robert Lewandowski Leaves Behind Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo to Achieve THIS Champions League Feat

Cristiano Ronaldo, Robert Lewandowski, and Lionel Messi

It was the night of the UEFA Champions League and FC Bayern Munich continued their brutal dominance in the tournament. The German club defeated SL Benefica 5-2 and with this win, they have almost qualified to the round of 16 of this year’s Champions League. One again, the star performer for them was Robert Lewandowski.

Interestingly, the Polish striker scored a hat-trick and achieved a huge milestone after tonight’s Champions League clash. With this, surely, he has not only increased FC Bayern Munich’s chances of winning the UCL but has also regained his personal form.

After this triumph, FC Bayern Munich are still at the top of their group. However, there will be a battle for the second spot since FC Barcelona recently won their match against Dynamo Kyiv. It will be intriguing to see who earns the second spot and who bites the dust.

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Robert Lewandowski moves ahead Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi

With his hat-trick, Lewandowski achieved 80 goals in the Champions League. Intriguingly, he is the fastest football player to reach to the landmark in the history of the competition as he took just 100 matches to do so.

ℹ️ Quickest to 80 Champions League goals:

?1⃣0⃣0⃣ Robert Lewandowski
?1⃣0⃣2⃣ Lionel Messi
?1⃣1⃣6⃣ Cristiano Ronaldo#UCL pic.twitter.com/iMVZN9F3Iw
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) November 2, 2021

Before him, Lionel Messi was the fastest to 80 goals as he took 2 more games than Lewandowski. Cristiano Ronaldo is at the third spot after he scored 80 goals in 116 appearances. Surprisingly, these are the only three players who have managed to score 80 goals in the European competition so far.

FC Bayern Munich will next face Dynamo Kyiv on November 23, 2021 in the Champions League 2021/22. They look in some great form and thus, fans have huge expectations from them. Will they be able to win the tournament this year?

Also Read: “Ronaldo now has more children than Lionel Messi has goals in Ligue 1”: Twitter erupts as Cristiano announces girlfriend’s pregnancy on Instagram

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Anshul Singh is a Football writer and editor at FirstSportz. Currently pursuing Masters in Convergent Journalism from Jamia Millia Islamia and having earlier graduated from Delhi University with a first-division with distinction, he loves to cover Football, Tennis, F1, and Cricket. Having been a part of the Sports Media Industry for over 3 years now, Anshul has authored over 2000 articles for FirstSportz, Sportskeeda, EssentiallySports, Sports Bash, and DU Express. Anshul has been actively following Football for the last 8 years ever since Real Madrid accomplished La Decima. Apart from learning and growing at FirstSportz, Anshul had earlier served as a Content Manager and editor at SportsKeeda, and as an editor at EssentiallySports and DU Express. Keeping sports aside, Anshul passionately follows any news regarding National and International Politics and is an active member of the Delhi MUN circuit, having chaired more than 30 conferences across India. He even covers South Asian news stories for the International Magazine. If not found working, he is most likely tweeting about Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid, or Roger Federer.

Robert Lewandowski Leaves Behind Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo to Achieve THIS Champions League Feat

Robert Lewandowski moves ahead Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi

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