Bayern Munich suffered a Champions League hangover on Saturday, before Dutch winger Arjen Robben scored twice to seal a 2-1 win over strugglers SC Freiburg to put the hosts back on top of the Bundesliga.
After Tuesday’s away goals victory over Fiorentina, which saw them make the Champions League’s quarter-finals, Bayern were brought back down to earth by second-from-bottom Freiburg, before Robben hit two second-half goals.
Bayern went behind when Freiburg striker Cedrick Makiadi rifled in a long-range shot at Munich’s Allianz Arena which gave the home side’s goalkeeper, Hans-Joerg Butt, no chance on 31 minutes.
The hosts looked lethargic before Dutch international Robben scored his ninth league goal of the season and his second in two games, when he drilled home a free-kick on 76 minutes. He then completed Munich’s fightback when he converted an 83rd-minute penalty after Germany’s rising star Thomas Mueller was fouled in the area.
The result puts Bayern top of the league and two points clear of second-placed Schalke 04.
Earlier, rock-bottom Bundesliga side Hertha Berlin slipped closer to relegation after suffering a 2-1 home defeat to fellow strugglers Nuremberg, who grabbed a stoppage-time winner.
Berlin, who remain five points adrift, had taken the lead when their Greece striker Theofanis Gekas scored only his third goal of the season just before halftime, before Nuremberg hit back with two second-half goals.
Nuremberg, who had shocked Bayer Leverkusen 3-2 the previous weekend, drew level when Swiss striker Albert Bunjaku netted with a header on 61 minutes, before Greek striker Angelos Charisteas scored the winner in stoppage-time.
Police made 30 arrests and four officers were injured after 100 Hertha fans rampaged through Berlin’s Olympic Stadium.
Borussia Dortmund moved up to fourth and picked up their second straight win with a 4-1 victory at VfL Bochum.
Lucas Barrios scored twice in three minutes midway through the second half.
VfL Wolfsburg picked up their fourth-straight win under caretaker manager Lorenz-Guenther Koestner when they hammered Borussia Moenchengladbach 4-0 to go eighth. Hannover 96 picked up their second consecutive win under new coach Mirko Slomka with a 2-1 win over Eintracht Frankfurt. In the other match, FSV Mainz 05 beat Cologne 1-0.
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