Ribery grabs brace as Bayern Munich beat Eintracht Frankfurt

By Daily Sports on December 23, 2018

The evergreen Franck Ribery scored for the third time in four days as reigning champions Bayern Munich moved up to second in the Bundesliga table on Saturday with a 3-0 win at Eintracht Frankfurt, leaving them six points behind leaders Borussia Dortmund.

After more than a decade at Bayern, Ribery, 35, made another strong argument for an extension to his contract, which expires in June, with a double in Frankfurt having also scored in Wednesday’s 1-0 victory over RB Leipzig in Munich.

Ahead of the four-week winter break, Rafinha scored a late third as Bayern trimmed the gap to Dortmund, who beat Borussia Moenchengladbach 2-1 on Friday.

It was also a winning return to Frankfurt for Bayern coach Niko Kovac, who masterminded Eintracht’s shock 3-1 defeat of Munich in the German Cup final last May in his last match before taking charge of the Bavarian giants.

Both goalkeepers were kept busy in an intense clash in Frankfurt before Ribery struck first.

Eintracht forwards Danny da Costa, Sebastien Haller and Luka Jovic all forced Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer into good first-half saves in the opening ten minutes alone.

At the other end, Frankfurt's Kevin Trapp pulled off a spectacular double-save to deny Javi Martinez, then Thomas Mueller in quick-fire succession with 13 minutes gone.

Bayern broke through when Mueller found Lewandowski in the box and the Poland striker flicked the ball onto Ribery to tap home on 35 minutes.

Mueller hit the crossbar just before the break while Thiago Alcantara had appeals for handball turned down with 20 minutes left as Bayern maintained the pressure.

Ribery netted for the second time when he casually fired in off the post after exchanging passes with Joshua Kimmich on 79 minutes.

Rafinha scored a minute from time when his cross-shot flew over Trapp’s reach and into the Frankfurt net. (Goal)

•Photo shows Bayern Munich players

Source Daily Sports

Posted December 23, 2018


 

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