da Silva 1-1
Van Bommel 2-1
Ribery 3-1
Ribery 4-1
Highlights
Bayern put four past last season’s champions VfB Stuttgart to take a massive step towards the Bundesliga crown. The first half finished 1-1 with goals from Toni and da Silva, but Bayern turned on the style in the second half and after Mark van Bommel fired in a free kick, substitute Franck Ribéry turned on the magic with two superb strikes.
Rotation was the buzz word for Bayern with Ottmar Hitzfeld making six changes to the side. Oliver Kahn was forced out with a back injury so Rensing began in goal. Additionally, Lell, Ottl, Toni, van Buyten and Sagnol all came into the starting line-up.
Armin Veh made a few changes too to the side which beat Nürnberg.
First Half
In a sun-drenched Allianz Arena both sides started brightly but Stuttgart in particular were denied by over-eagerness and the linesman raised his flag to pull them back.
Then all rather predictably Bayern took the lead with Luca Toni getting on the end of a fine move to bag his 21st league of the season. Jansen broke forward down the left before releasing a clever ball to van Bommel.
The Dutchman crossed into the six-yard box, where Mathieu Delpierre’s mishit attempted clearance fell to the Italian striker, who stabbed home with his left foot to accept the gift. It was a typical predator’s goal from Toni.
Mario Gomez looked to respond for the away side on 17 minutes when he let rip from outside the area forcing Michael Rensing to fist the ball away from the danger zone. A minute later the international striker was in action again as he latched onto a ball over the top, but he went down in the area as he tried to trick Demichelis with a flick.
The equaliser did then arrive for Stuttgart on 19 minutes via a free kick from da Silva. The midfielder looked to curl in direct free kick and Mark van Bommel got the slightest of touches with his head to take it past Rensing in the Bayern goal. It may well go down as an own goal.
A good piece of skill from Ottl on 27 minutes saw him beat Osorio with his right foot before volleying in a left foot shot which had Schäfer scrambling across to save.
Yildiray Bastürk then tried his luck from distance with a shot, which Rensing dealt with. Mario Gomez then fed da Silva in the middle after beating Demichelis, but the Brazilian missed the ball.
The Stuttgart pressure was growing and a mis-hit cross from Hilbert on 34 minutes turned into a shot and it surprised Rensing by landing on the bar. Bayern were allowing the visitors too much room, but they were not using it. Gomez and Cacau were in the game as little as Klose and Toni.
Second Half
Five minutes after the restart and Luca Toni had a good chance to double his tally when he managed to beat Tasci to the ball. but his shot missed the far post by inches. Hilbert then had a dangerous looking shot that flew just over.
Bayern’s lead was then restored on 55 minutes from the foot of midfielder Mark van Bommel. Klose was fouled just outside the area and from the following free kick, van Bommel fired a superb shot through the wall and into the back of the net.
The away side looked to react and Mexican Pavel Pardo fired in a shot on 63 minutes that flew just wide of Rensing’s goal. Moments later and Bastürk let fly from a similar position but Rensing was on hand to save.
Apart from long shots, Stuttgart were causing the Bayern defence little danger, but on 67 minutes a cross from Artur Boka almost fell to Mario Gomez, but the VfB striker arrived a little late.
With fifteen minutes remaining, second half substitute Franck Ribéry unleashed a wonderful strike from nowhere to hand Bayern a 3-1 lead. The Frenchman advanced goalwards before firing in a world-class effort into the top corner of the goal.
A minute later, and ‘Super Franck’ Ribéry was at it again as he bamboozled the Stuttgart defenders before firing past Schäfer in the Stuttgart goal. The Frenchman took the ball from a Rensing clearance, before turning both Osorio and Delpierre inside out and ignoring Luca Toni to flash his shot in.
Lukas Podolski was denied by VfB keeper Raphael Schäfer on 85 when through one-on-one, and was denied once again a minute later when Schäfer saved his header from Schweinsteiger’s cross.
Goals:
1-0 Toni (8)
1-1 da Silva (19)
2-1 van Bommel (55)
3-1 Ribéry (75)
4-1 Ribéry (76)
Bayern Munich: Rensing, Lell, van Buyten, Demichelis, Jansen, van Bommel (Zé Roberto 57), Ottl, Sagnol (Ribéry 57), Schweinsteiger, Klose (Podolski 69), Toni
Stuttgart: Schäfer, Osorio, Tasci, Delpierre (Pischorn 78), Magnin (Boka 37), Pardo, Hilbert, Bastürk, da Silva, Gomez (Marica 78), Cacau
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