Five goals, nine minutes

Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski came on as a second half substitute on Tuesday and promptly scored all five of his team's goals in a nine-minute stretch. "Crazy". (with video)

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Five goals, nine minutes

Berlin, AFP – 'Crazy' and 'unbelievable' were the superlatives flying around German football on Wednesday after Robert Lewandowski's stunning five-goal haul in nine Bundesliga minutes for Bayern Munich.

Bayern were 1-0 down at home to Wolfsburg on Tuesday when Lewandowski came off the bench to turn the game and write football history as a string of Bundesliga records fell in quick succession.

He managed his hat-trick in three minutes, 22 seconds, four in 5:42 and his fifth goal came after just 8:59 – all league records which were achieved within the 51st and 60th minutes.

Bayern Munich's Polish striker Robert Lewandowski celebrates after his third goal. AFP PHOTO / CHRISTOF STACHE

Three of the goals were grabbed from point-blank range, but the second was a superb long-range strike and Poland's star saved the best for last with a superb volley into the top left-hand corner.

In its 52-year history, the Bundesliga has seen nothing like it.

"I was in the stadium and I couldn't believe my eyes," ex-Germany captain Lothar Matthaeus told Sky Sports. "It was simply crazy."

Lewandowski's feat is on a par with 1970s stars Dieter Mueller, the only player to have scored six goals in a Bundesliga match, and Gerd Mueller, who scored five goals on four occasions for Bayern – but never so fast.

"He (Lewandowski) was where Gerd Mueller was, he was always in the right place at the right time," said Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.

Lewandowski, 27, admitted being amazed by how fast his goals flew in, but had been hungry for more.

"After the fifth goal I thought, 'I'll try to shoot another goal'," which he nearly achieved on 68 and 80 minutes.

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