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Freiburg (dpa) - With the equalization of Gerd Müller's Bundesliga goal record, Robert Lewandowski has "set a monument for himself and the entire team today" from the point of view of Bayern board member Oliver Kahn. Kahn congratulated the Munich striker on Saturday after FC Bayern's 2-2 draw at SC Freiburg and spoke on Twitter of an unbelievable performance. "Congratulations and Chapeau, Robert!" wrote the former national goalkeeper. "With this hit he is on a par with Gerd Müller, one of the greatest of all time."
The outgoing coach Hansi Flick said: "At the moment Robert is the best striker in the world." Flick emphasized that this is always a performance of the team: "They have to provide the templates." Teammate Thomas Müller recalled: "He didn't just do it for one season, he has scored an extremely large number of goals in recent years." Müller also emphasized the importance of his namesake: «Gerd Müller has only brought this club with its goals to where we are now. Without Gerd Müller, we might still travel there on foot. "
Bayern CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said on the club's website: "We are all happy with and for Robert Lewandowski."
The 32-year-old came seven years ago for a free transfer and became one of the most valuable players in the club's history.
«I played with Gerd Müller and I know that he will give Robert this day with all his heart.
Both are strikers who stand out in the history of football, ”said Rummenigge.
Club President Herbert Hainer said, “FC Bayern can be extremely proud that football fans all over the world associate such extraordinary strikers with our club forever”.
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Also national coach Joachim Loew, who had watched the game in the stadium, paid tribute to the performance of the Polish international striker, who scored his 40th goal of the season for the German champions in the 26th minute with a converted penalty.
Lewandowski thus set the Bundesliga record that was previously held by Gerd Müller alone.
In the 1971/1972 season, the world champion scored 40 goals that were considered unattainable for Bayern for decades.
Löw praised Lewandowski's brand as impressive as well as outstanding and told the “Sportbuzzer” portal: “Nowadays it is certainly more difficult than it used to be.”
With a view to the last game of the season against FC Augsburg next Saturday, Löw added that even if Lewandowski now scores 41 goals, this record will also be broken at some point.
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