Robert Lewandowski scores twice as Bayern beat rivals Dortmund after players pay tribute to German legend Gerd Muller
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ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI scored twice as Bayern Munich beat bitter rivals Borussia Dortmund 3-1 in the German Super Cup.
Thomas Muller was the other scorer after he had earlier held up a shirt in honour of football legend Gerd Muller.
Muller, a Ballon d'Or winner and star man of the German teams that won won the 1972 Euros and 1974 World Cup, where he scored in both finals, died on Sunday at the age of 75.
He also remains as Bayern's record scorer - with a near-impossible record to match - and helped the side win four Bundesliga titles, three European Cups, four German Cups and the Cup Winners' Cup.
Current Bayern star Thomas Muller held up a No 9 shirt of the club legend as players from both sides and fans gave a standing ovation.
A photo of the former Bayern star was put on the big screen as fans paid their respects to one of the greatest to ever play football.
During the warm-up Bayern's current crop had also worn shirts with 'Muller 9' on the back as they went through their pre-match drills.
And after kick off the reigning Bundesliga champions put in a dominant display to win 3-1 as Julian Nagelsmann secured his first bit of silverware as boss.
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Lewandowski and Muller scored either side of the break before Marco Reus pulled one back.
But the Polish striker scored yet again - in his 14th consecutive game - to secure yet more silverware.
It was a fitting moment that leaves Lewandowski behind only Gerd Muller for goals in the most consecutive games, with Muller managing it in 16 matches in the 1969-70 season.
Lewandowski also trails Muller with the second most goals in Bayern history and Bundesliga history, although he has a very long way to go to catch up.
Muller was one of the finest strikers ever to play the game and scored a staggering 566 goals in 607 competitive matches for the Bundesliga giants.
His record for most ever Bundesliga goals is 365 from 427 games and he was the league's top scorer in seven seasons.
Speaking about Muller's death at the time, a Bayern statement read: "Today the world of FC Bayern stands still.
"The German record champions and its entire fan base mourn Gerd Müller who died early Sunday morning at the age of 75.
"Gerd Müller made history with the German record champions and the German national team.
"The 'bomber of the nation', who came to FC Bayern in the summer of 1964, won the World Cup once, the European Champion's Cup three times and the European Cup Winners' Cup once.
"He was also four times German champion and four times DFB Cup winner.
"After his career he stayed with the club for a long time as a coach for the youth teams. He leaves behind his wife Uschi and a daughter."
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Muller - who was nicknamed Der Bomber - was a prolific striker who scored 68 goals from just 62 games for West Germany from 1966 to 1974.
For the West German national team he was top scorer as they won Euro 1972 with four goals - including two in the final - and scored the winner in 1974 World Cup against Holland.
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