Scores A Hat-trick Against Salzburg Goal, Lewandowski Leads Champions League Top Scorer List Steps Over Haller

JAKARTA - Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski has managed to lead the list of the Champions League's top scorers over Ajax Amsterdam's Sebastien Haller. This achievement was made by Lewandowski when his team beat RB Salzburg.

In the second leg of the Champions League last 16, Wednesday, March 9 early morning WIB, Lewandowski was one of the players who helped Bayern win 7-1 over Salzburg. Appearing at the Allianz Arena, Lewandowski scored a hat-trick.

Lewandowski's action also became a new record because the player managed to score the fastest hat-trick, less than 30 minutes. If calculated, Lewandowski only needed 11 minutes to make this historic hat-trick.

Lewandowski's record beat the record for the fastest hat-trick since the kick-off previously held by AC Milan's Marco Simone against Rosenborg in 1996, which was 24 minutes.

In addition to being the fastest hat-trick, Lewandowski's three goals in this match also made him overtake Sebastian Haller as the temporary top scorer in the Champions League this season.

Looking at data from Opta, Lewandowski currently has 12 goals in eight matches. That number is more than Haller's, who appeared seven times with Ajax and scored 11 goals.

23 - Robert Lewandowski has completed a hat-trick within 23 minutes against FC RB Salzburg tonight; the earliest treble ever scored by a player in UEFA Champions League history from the start of a match, overtaking Marco Simone for Milan v Rosenborg in 1996 (24 mins). Snappy. pic.twitter.com/aVNNmGdgVV

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) March 8, 2022

Apart from Lewandowski's slick record, this 7-1 win against Salzburg also made Bayern qualify for the Champions League quarter-finals. Bayern became the second club to qualify for the advanced stages besides Liverpool.

The following is a list of the top scorers in the Champions League this season:

12 Robert Lewandowski (Bayern)

11 Sebastien Haller (Ajax)

8 Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)

7 Christopher Nkunku (Leipzig)

6 Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United), Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City), Leroy Sane (Bayern)

5 Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), Lionel Messi (PSG), Kylian Mbappe (PSG)

4 Pedro Goncalves (Sporting CP), Arnaut Danjuma (Villarreal), Antoine Griezmann (Atletico), Thomas Muller (Bayern)