La Liga: Lewandowski gives Barca narrow win over Bilbao
Robert Lewandowski scored the winning goal as FC Barcelona won 2-1 at home over Athletic Club Bilbao on Saturday night.
Robert Lewandowski scored the winning goal as FC Barcelona won 2-1 at home over Athletic Club Bilbao on Saturday night.
Former Bayern striker Robert Lewandowski then had a great chance to break the deadlock, but the unmarked Pole pulled over the target with 18 minutes gone.
FC Barcelona got their Champions League off to a thundering start with a 5-1 rout of the Viktoria Plzen. And three of those goals were the work of Lewandowski, who has now scored 89 goals in the competition, the first three of those for Barca amounting to his sixth UCL hat-trick.
Lewandowski will return to familiar surroundings after recently moving to Camp Nou, as Barcelona and Bayern Munich, who between them have won 11 Champions League titles, were drawn in a difficult Group C with Inter.
Aleksander Isak wasted no time in equalising for the hosts, who forced Marc Andre Ter Stegen into some fine saves and saw a second-half goal ruled out for offside, reports DPA.
During his eight years in Bayern, Lewandowski scored 344 goals to secure six Bundesliga top goalscorer titles. This summer the Polish striker decided to start a new challenge as he signed a 4-year contract with FC Barcelona.
FC Barcelona on Saturday announced they had reached the "principle of an agreement" to sign the Polish striker.
The deal between Barcelona and Bayern Munich is dependent on the player passing a medical and contracts being signed.
The former Liverpool forward spoke about the Champions League and the Ballon d'Or as targets when presented to the public on Wednesday in the Allianz Arena.
In the third round of negotiations, the German side's sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic received approval from the Reds, who offered 32 million euros plus bonus payments of up to nine million euros.
