Robert Lewandowski matches Cristiano Ronaldo benchmark in Barcelona win over Atlético

A head-turning statistic, aptly highlighting the excellence of Barcelona star Robert Lewandowski against Atlético Madrid, has come to the fore on Sunday night.

As much comes fresh off an attacking clinic on the part of the Pole, at the Wanda Metropolitano.

Barcelona romped to a dominant 3-0 victory in Madrid, taking full advantage of an Atléti outfit evidently still suffering the effects of a 120-minute encounter with Inter Milan in midweek.

Nevertheless, a whole host of Blaugrana stars thoroughly impressed, from veteran midfielder İlkay Gündoğan to defensive starlets Pau Cubarsí, and Héctor Fort.

It was that man Lewandowski who proved himself the undisputed star of the show, though, playing a direct hand in all three of his side’s goals on Sunday.

After laying on João Félix’s opener, the former Bayern Munich man then turned goalscorer, in slotting a wonderful finish home off the inside of Jan Oblak’s post.

And he was at the heart of things once more a short time later, in directing an inch-perfect cross onto the head of Fermín López for Barcelona’s third.

And as alluded to above, in the process, Lewandowski secured for himself a head-turning benchmark.

As revealed by statisticians Opta, the 35-year-old ‘is the first player to be involved in at least three goals in an away La Liga match against Atlético Madrid since Cristiano Ronaldo in November 2016’.