Robert Lewandowski suffering worst goal drought in 12 years
"Before Barcelona I was a machine," Robert Lewandowski reflected earlier this season, "here I have become more human." For years at Borussia Dortmund and then throughout his entire Bayern Munich tenure, Lewandowski was the high-spec example of the ultimate goalscorer. Constantly in search of another software update, no gain was too marginal for a striker who does concentration exercises on his days off and eats pudding before his main course because sugars digest quicker than protein. However, the sands of time are beginning to be catching up even to the man hailed by Pep Guardiola as "the most professional player I've ever met". Lewandowski toiled away at the tip of Barcelona's blunt attack for 90 ineffective minutes against Shakhtar Donetsk in a limp 1-0 Champions League defeat on Tuesday. It was his sixth consecutive club appearance without a goal, Lewandowski's longest scoring drought in more than 12 years. Robert Lewandowski has failed to