Robert Lewandowski matches Lionel Messi benchmark in Barcelona’s clash with Real Betis | OneFootball

Barcelona star Robert Lewandowski on Saturday secured for himself a special piece of recent Blaugrana history.

As much comes owing to his exploits in Barca’s La Liga meeting with Real Betis.

Hansi Flick’s troops are of course currently locked in action at the Estadio Benito Villamarín.

The aforementioned Robert Lewandowski, for his part, opened the scoring in proceedings, with Ferran Torres having since guided Barca back in front late on.

After Jules Koundé was slipped in behind the Betis backline, the Frenchman’s delivery across the face of goal was slotted home by Lewandowski from close range.

This took the Pole’s tally for the campaign to a hugely impressive 16 league goals.

And as revealed by statisticians Pubity Sport, in the process, Lewandowski equalled a benchmark last managed by Barcelona legend Lionel Messi:

‘Robert Lewandowski has become the FIRST La Liga player to score 16 goals in his first 16 league games since Lionel Messi in the 2018/19 season.’

Conor Laird – GSFN