Bayern Munich needed a last-gasp Luca Toni goal to snatch a 2-1 home win over Bundesliga leaders Hoffenheim on Friday and move level on points at the top.
Toni scored from close range following a poor clearance by Andreas Ibertsberger, who laid the ball into the Italy striker’s path in the final seconds of time added [...]

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Bayern Munich moved into second place on Saturday after recording a 2-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen at Bay Arena.
Luca Toni scored the first goal for Bayern in the 59th minute, while Miroslav Klose added a second goal eight minutes from time, allowing Bayern to head into Friday’s top-of-the-table clash with Hoffenheim just three points behind [...]

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Bayern Munich’s revival faltered after a costly 2-2 draw at Borussia Moenchengladbach on Saturday while top two Bayer Leverkusen and Hoffenheim clinched narrow wins.
Bayern were on course for a sixth successive Bundesliga victory when they took a 2-0 lead with a Luca Toni tap-in and a Franck Ribery penalty, only for Gladbach to score twice [...]

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French star Franck Ribery scored his fourth goal in four consecutive league games on Sunday to seal a 2-1 win at Schalke 04 to put defending champions Bayern Munich in touch with the leaders.
Despite missing the first five games of the season after damaging ankle ligaments playing for France against Italy during Euo 2008 in [...]

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A superb piece of finishing by French star Franck Ribery led to Bayern Munich’s 3-1 win over ten-man Arminia Bielefeld to put the German giants third.
Goals by Germany striker Miroslav Klose and Ribery, plus a late penalty from Lukas Podolski, gave Bayern their fourth straight league win.
The victory puts the defending champions third on 21 [...]

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