Robert Lewandowski scored a hat-trick inside the first 23 minutes as Bayern cruised into the last eight as the Polish international striker becomes the top scorer of the UEFA Champions League this season ahead of Sebastien Haller.
The Bayern Munich attacker now has 12 goals in this season’s competition as Ajax’s Ivorian forward Haller remains on 11 goals.
Bayern were at their clinical best as they blew Salzburg away in this UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg, Robert Lewandowski scoring the first three of their seven goals againt Red Bull Salzburg.
Lewandowski’s hat-trick was his fifth in the competition. Only Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo (both eight) have more.
The Polish striker has reached 85 Champions League goals in 104 games, quicker than any other player with Messi second on that list (107).
Lewandowski’s hat-trick is the earliest ever scored by a player in Champions League history (group stage to final) from the start of a match, overtaking Marco Simone for Milan versus Rosenborg in September 1996 (24 minutes).
