Trailing at the interval to the side who finished second in the Bundesliga last season, Lewandowski ensured it was a memorable evening as he shocked Dieter Hecking and his players to extend Bayern’s 100% record in the league.
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Thus the news that the Bayern Munich frontman has hit unmarkable form comes as a dire warning.
After three seasons with Bayern, Dante left for Wolfsburg in August, with plenty of speculation he had been written off by Guardiola.
The Poland striker scored again in the 57th and claimed another goal three minutes after that, when he met Mario Goetze’s cross with a scissor kick into the top corner.
With Dortmund hosting Bayer Leverkusen on Sunday, Pep Guardiola’s Bayern took their chance to go top with their fifth win from five games and leave Darmstadt hunting a first win over the Bavarian giants after seven attempts.
He’s the only sub to score at least five goals in a Bundesliga match.
“This was just insane “, Lewandowski told reporters.
And his first three goals, which came within a 4-minute span, accounted for the fastest hat trick in Bundesliga history. The home side needed changes at the break to turn the game around and what came in the second-half was something special.
Bayern, trailing leaders Borussia Dortmund on goal difference, know any slip-up could be crucial with their Ruhr valley rivals also having won all five league matches so far.
A superb goal from right winger Caligiuri gave Wolfsburg the lead on 26 minutes when he drilled his shot inside the near post and past Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer after cutting in from the wing.
Lewandowski scored 17 goals in 31 league games last season to finish as the joint second highest goalscorer in the Bundesliga behind Eintracht Frankfurt’s Alexander Meier. It required a fine goal-line clearance from Wolfsburg defender Ricardo Rodriguez to prevent him from completing his double hat-trick and keep the final score at just the 5-1.
Wolfsburg striker Bas Dost believes his team will continue to improve following their 2-0 win over Hertha Berlin on Saturday.
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“Everything can’t be that bad if we’re still being applauded after five losses”, captain Christian Gentner said after the latest one.
