Robert Lewandowski: Striker scores five goals in nine minutes
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Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski stepped off the bench at half-time against Wolfsburg to score five goals in nine minutes during a 5-1 comeback win for the German football giants.
We take a look at the records he broke, the reaction to his haul and compare his achievements to others.
Here's how he scored his five...
Lewandowski took six minutes to score his opener - sliding home from close range
His second came 58 seconds later with a brilliant effort from distance
Two minutes later, he took three attempts to score the third - first hitting the post and then forcing a save
Another two minutes on and he volleyed home a fourth
It took him more than three minutes to add his fifth, with a brilliant acrobatic volley
Lewandowski scored more league goals in nine minutes than...
Liverpool, Newcastle and West Brom have this season
Wayne Rooney has in 2015
Mario Balotelli did in his season at Liverpool
Former Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner has in over three years
Lewandowski and his wife Anna Stachurska celebrated the five-goal phenomenon after the game
Records fall to devastating Lewandowski
Lewandowski scored the quickest hat-trick (four minutes) in the Germany's top league, Bundesliga. Then set a new record for four goals in the same match. And then did likewise for five, too.
He became the first Bundesliga substitute to score more than a hat-trick.
The Pole scored the fastest five-goal haul in a major European league since statistics started being recorded.
Lewandowski is the third Bayern player to score five in a game - Gerd Muller did so three times, and Dieter Hoeness once.
Pep Guardiola has seen a lot in football - but never something like this
Reaction - 'I can't really understand it'
Striker Robert Lewandowski said: "This was just crazy. Five goals, that's just unbelievable. I just wanted to shoot and wasn't thinking about what happened afterwards. I am very, very satisfied. This was a great evening for me.
Bayern Munich boss Pep Guardiola said: "I am very happy for Robert. For his confidence and our future this was extremely important.
"I can't really understand it. Five goals. Neither as a coach nor as a player did I ever experience something like this and I can't really explain it. Five goals against Wolfsburg are never easy."
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