Bayern Munich 4-3 Hertha Berlin: Robert Lewandowski scores four goals in thriller
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Robert Lewandowski scored 59 goals in 53 games for club and country last season
Robert Lewandowski scored four goals, including a dramatic 93rd-minute winner from the penalty spot, as defending champions Bayern Munich edged Hertha Berlin in a thrilling Bundesliga match.
Poland international Lewandowski gave the hosts a 2-0 lead but Jhon Cordoba and Matheus Cunha responded for Hertha.
The 32-year-old registered a hat-trick with five minutes remaining but Jessic Ngankam struck an 88th-minute leveller.
Bayern's prolific striker then kept his cool to convert the late winner.
In their previous league game, Hansi Flick's Bayern suffered their first defeat since December 2019 in a 4-1 loss to Hoffenheim.
The Champions League winners had won the Uefa Super Cup against Sevilla three days prior to that defeat, which ended a run of 23 consecutive victories in all competitions and 32 games unbeaten.
But on Sunday they were eventually able to build on their midweek German Super Cup triumph - a 3-2 victory over rivals Borussia Dortmund - thanks to the superb Lewandowski.
The Uefa men's Player of the Year followed up his saved header to open the scoring, before collecting Chris Richards' cut-back and turning his man to convert his second.
Cordoba's header offered the visitors a lifeline and Cunha played a neat one-two with Krzysztof Piatek before slotting past Manuel Neuer with 20 minutes remaining.
Lewandowski pounced on Thomas Muller's knock-down to make it 3-2 and he again saved Bayern after Ngankam's header by winning a penalty and finding the bottom corner to complete a sensational individual display.