Bayern back in business

Bayern Munich bounced back after two chastening defeats to rout Eintracht Frankfurt 4-0 on Saturday with Franck Ribery the main architect of this much needed pick-me-up.

The France international scored one of the goals and was instrumental in setting up another in a result that has given under-fire coach Jurgen Klinsmann some much needed breathing space from his critics.

Klinsmann’s job looked in jeopardy after last weekend’s 5-1 humbling by Wolfsburg followed three days later by the humiliating 4-0 drubbing dished out by Barcelona.

With their Champions League aspirations all but over Bayern had to win Saturday’s assigment to maintain their Bundesliga title challenge and they did the business to move into second.

Bayern took a third-minute lead when Luca Toni set up Ribery, who scored with an angled shot from the right from 20 metres for his seventh goal of the season.

Barely quarter of an hour later the former Marseille playmaker conjured up a pinpoint freekick with his left foot for Toni to volley in.

On 35 minutes Brazilian Lucio headed in from a corner for Bayern’s third with Bastian Schweinsteiger completing a satisfactory afternoon’s work three minutes after the break.

Bayern remain three points behind Wolfsburg, who notched up their ninth straight win, a 2-1 affair at Borussia Moenchengladbach.

Hamburg, second on goal difference to Wolfsburg going into the weekend’s action, can regain second with victory over Stuttgart on Sunday.