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Aubameyang sets sights on Muller goal record

Having reached 20 goals in just 19 Bundesliga games, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is out to challenge Gerd Muller's record of 40 in a season.

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 Bayern Munich ahead of the club's 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.