Sunday, 31 January 2016

Aubameyang sets sights on Muller goal record


Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is keeping one eye on chasing
Gerd Muller's Bundesliga record after reaching 20 goals for the
season so far.

The CAF Player of the Year scored both goals in Saturday's
hard-fought 2-0 win over Ingolstadt to move Borussia Dortmund
to within five points of leaders Bayern Munich ahead of their
game with Hoffenheim.

Aubameyang has taken just 19 appearances to reach the 20-
goal mark - a figure he had guaranteed to coach Thomas Tuchel
before the campaign started - and is two ahead of Bayern
legend Muller's tally at the same stage of the 1971-72 season,
when he went on to score a record 40 goals.

"I still need to score 20 goals to do it, right?" he told Ruhr
Nachrichten when asked about the prospect of surpassing
Muller's record. "That's a lot, but in football you never know."

Aubameyang says his wager with Tuchel is not quite fulfilled,
however, despite his stunning scoring form so far.

"It's true I've achieved my goal, but I haven't yet managed to
fulfil my bet with the coach, you'll have to b

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