Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich will take a four-point lead into the top-of-the-table conflict beside Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday, after an exciting winning above Eintracht Frankfurt.
Narrowing the gap at the top to a single point Bayern staged the accurate answer with Dortmund previous Saturday, barring a three-minute period.
With a header less than a minute, Robert Lewandowski added to in the second half, the superb strike by Leon Goretzka and a close-range finish by Thomas Muller gave them a 2-0 half-time lead.
The first one a mishit volley, the second one a header from a corner, scoring through defender Martin Hinteregger twice in three minutes Frankfurt staged an unlikely fightback.
When Alphonso Davies capitalized on a defensive mistake to make it 4-2 before Hinteregger bundled the ball over his own line following Serge Gnabry’s flick for Bayern’s fifth, however, any hopes the visitors had of a famous result were dashed.
This season, on the bounce courtesy of conceding five to Bayern, struggling Frankfurt has now lost five Bundesliga games for the second time
Bayern Munich 5-2 Eintracht Frankfurt
Goals: 1-0 Goretzka (17′), 2-0 Müller (41′), 3-0 Lewandowski (46′), 3-1 Hinteregger (52′), 3-2 Hinteregger (55′), 4-2 Davies (61′), 5-2 Hinteregger (o.g. 74′)
Line-ups
Bayern: Neuer (c) – Pavard, Boateng (Hernandez 73′), Alaba, Davies – Kimmich (Cuisance 85′), Goretzka – Coman (Zirkzee 85′), Müller, Perisic (Gnabry 64′) – Lewandowski
Unused subs: Ulreich, Odriozola, Martinez, Mai, Batista, Meier
Out: Coutinho (ankle), Süle (match fitness), Thiago (groin), Tolisso (ankle)
Coach: Hansi Flick
Frankfurt: Trapp – Toure, Hinteregger, N’Dicka (Chandler 46′) – da Costa (Durm 76′), Fernandes (c), Ilsanker, Rode (Kamada 71′), Kostic – Gacinovic (Sow 71′)- Silva (Dost 76′)
Unused subs: Rönnow, de Guzman, Torro, Hasebe
Out: Kohr (suspended), Paciencia (thigh)
Coach: Adi Hütter
