It took four minutes for Bayern to react, with Poland striker Robert Lewandowski chipping the ball beautifully over the Ingolstadt keeper for his fifth league goal after some sloppy defending from the visitors. Borussia Dortmund, in fourth spot on six, had a far easier afternoon than Bayern, cruising past Darmstadt 98 6-0. Darmstadt were down to 10 men after 57 minutes with Peter Niemeyer sent off with a second booking. Fellow Champions League club Bayer Leverkusen, who had squandered a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 against CSKA Moscow in mid-week, lost 2-1 at Eintracht Frankfurt to drop to ninth. Borussia Moenchengladbach, who suffered a 4-0 loss at Manchester City on Wednesday, can bounce back later on Saturday and will also move up to seven points if they beat struggling Werder Bremen.

Source: dna September 18, 2016 03:27 UTC