Robert Lewandowski beats Mo Salah and more to season benchmark with Barcelona winner vs Alavés | OneFootball

Barcelona star Robert Lewandowski has on Sunday secured for himself an altogether noteworthy season benchmark.

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

Hansi Flick’s troops marked their return to action a short time ago, welcoming Deportivo Alavés to Catalunya’s capital for a La Liga clash.

The Blaugrana headed into the matchup desperate for victory, after seeing arch rivals Real Madrid drop three points at Espanyol on Saturday.

And, when all was said and done, march on to a slender triumph is precisely what Barca managed.

A solitary goal proved all that was needed to put Alavés to the sword, netted by the aforementioned Robert Lewandowski on the hour mark.

After breaking free at the back post, the Polish veteran showcased all of his goalscoring instincts, in slotting into the roof of the visitors’ net.

And, as alluded to above, as a result of as much, Lewandowski has beaten out the competition to a notable benchmark.

As revealed by statisticians StatMuse:

‘Robert Lewandowski is the first player to score 30+ goals this season across Europe’s top 5 leagues.’

Conor Laird – GSFN