Robert Lewandowski believes he ought to have scored a double hat-trick whereas enjoying for Bayern Munich, regardless of nonetheless managing to hit a goalscoring report in the identical sport.
Approaching as an alternative at half-time in opposition to Wolfsburg in September 2015, then Bayern Munich supervisor Pep Guardiola wanted Lewandowski to assist his aspect again into the sport. 1-0 down, the Bavarian giants have been susceptible to dropping their first sport of the season.
The Polish striker had a right away affect, although, scoring three targets in three minutes and 22 seconds, 4 in 5 minutes and 42 seconds and his fifth after eight minutes and 59 seconds – a world-record breaking feat. By the sixtieth minute, Bayern have been 5-1 forward, although Lewandowski wasn’t totally happy come the top of the sport.
Robert Lewandowski displays on scoring 5 targets in 9 minutes
“Even after the sport, I didn’t know what I had performed,”: Lewandowski solely tells FourFourTwo. “I knew I’d scored the targets, however Thomas Muller pushed me to the followers after the sport and I used to be like, ‘Why?’ OK, we received and I scored the targets, however I didn’t suppose I’d performed one thing historic.
“Throughout these 9 minutes, I believe I used to be someplace else; I didn’t take into consideration what number of minutes it took, or what number of targets I scored. Once I scored the primary, I used to be considering, ‘OK, it’s 1-1, you want a second’. After the second, ‘OK, you want a 3rd, then we’ll be certain we’re going to win’.
“Then I scored the third and the fourth and the fifth, however I nonetheless didn’t take into consideration what number of targets I’d scored as a result of I used to be on the lookout for the following alternative.”
However whereas Lewandowski does nonetheless rue the possibility to attain a second hat-trick within the sport, he acknowledges that the feat may not have appeared fairly as spectacular for one explicit motive.
“I additionally had an opportunity for a sixth purpose – somebody cleared the ball off the road and I used to be a bit indignant after the sport as a result of I might have scored six,” Lewandowski says. “However then I informed myself that the sixth purpose wouldn’t have been inside 10 minutes; it could have been I don’t know what number of minutes later.
“5 targets in 9 minutes, due to the numbers – 5 and 9 – is a few epic factor that may stick with me for the remainder of my life.”