Robert Lewandowski equals Lionel Messi benchmark with latest Barcelona goal vs Sevilla | OneFootball

Barcelona star Robert Lewandowski has on Sunday evening secured for himself an impressive piece of recent Spanish football history.

This comes owing to his exploits in Barcelona’s latest outing.

Hansi Flick’s troops are of course locked in action at present, in a La Liga meeting with Sevilla at The Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán.

Frontman Lewandowski, for his part, returned to the Blaugrana’s XI for the matchup, replacing Ferran Torres as the attacking spearhead.

And the Pole wasted little time in making his presence firmly felt once more.

After a cleverly worked corner culminated in Iñigo Martínez heading across the face of goal, Lewandowski showcased all of his goalscoring instincts to slot home a sliding finish.

And as alluded to above, in the process, the former Bayern Munich man hit an altogether noteworthy benchmark.

As per statisticians Opta:

‘Robert Lewandowski is the first player to score 19+ goals in his first 22 games of a La Liga season since Lionel Messi in 2019/20 (19 goals also), both with FC Barcelona.’

Conor Laird – GSFN