Lewa goes past Mueller's dad

MUNICH, December 18

Bayern Munich’s Thomas Mueller celebrated his 400th Bundesliga appearance with a goal and an assist as the champions crushed VfL Wolfsburg 4-0 on Friday to go into the winter break with a nine-point lead at the top of the standings.

Top scorer Robert Lewandowski also broke the record for most league goals in a calendar year three minutes from time, volleying in his 43rd for 2021 to better Gerd Mueller’s 42-goal run from 1972.

“I am very satisfied with the way we played,” said Bayern coach Julian Nagelsmann. “Our second half was impressive with the way we were pressing extremely high. The result was deserved,” he added.

With 56 league goals at the halfway mark Bayern are also on track to break the record for most league goals in a Bundesliga season (101) set by Bayern in the 1971-72 campaign. — Reuters