Bayern bounce back

Bayern Munich's French midfielder Franck Ribery in his Oktoberfest garb gestures at the cameras, possibly indicating his brace against Hoffenheim yesterday in Munich. Photo: AFP

Bayern Munich bounced back from their midweek Champions League defeat in Belarus as France star Franck Ribery scored both goals in their 2-0 win at home to Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga on Saturday.
Having lost 3-1 to BATE Borisov in Minsk on Tuesday -- their first defeat in 10 competitive games this season -- Bayern enjoyed a comforable win at the Allianz Arena with their seventh straight domestic league victory.
With second-placed Eintracht Frankfurt at Borussia Moenchengladbach on Sunday, Bayern took the chance to go five points clear at the top of the table.
"The team played very smart, we were very clever," said Bayern Munich coach Jupp Heynckes.
"Ribery was outstanding, not only because of the two goals, but because he has also back-tracked and won balls for us in defence.
"If the whole team puts in work like that, then we are right where I want to be."
Ribery opened the scoring on 19 minutes after Thomas Mueller's pass down the left.
The Frenchman beat Hoffenheim defender Andreas Beck and fired the ball through the legs of goalkeeper Koen Casteels from eight metres.
Then after some good build up play between striker Mario Mandzukic and midfielder Toni Kroos, Ribery was the fastest to react and beat Casteels again on 47 minutes.
Both Bayern captain Philipp Lahm and Mueller picked up injuries ahead of Friday's World Cup qualifier against Ireland in Dublin.
Lahm finished the match with heavy bruising on his left shin while Mueller had to go off after 26 minutes following an accidental clash with team-mate Mario Mandzukic which left him with a cut cheek.
There was no happy return to Gelsenkirchen for Wolfsburg's ex-Schalke 04 coach Felix Magath as the Royal Blues enjoyed a 3-0 win.
Magath spent two years at Schalke before he was sacked in February 2011 when he returned to Wolfsburg.
Magath's team were well beaten at Gelsenkirchen's Veltins Arena thanks to goals by Peru striker Jefferson Farfan, Dutch forward Ibrahim Afellay and midfielder Roman Neustaedter.
"We only fought for the first 45 minutes, then we gave the points away," said Magath.

RESULTS
Bayern Munich 2 (Ribery 19, 47) Hoffenheim 0
Schalke 04 3 (Farfan 33, Afellay 46, Neustaedter 58) VfL Wolfsburg 0
Freiburg 3 (Makiadi 36, Caligiuri 90+2-pen, Terrazzino 90+3 ) Nuremberg 0
Mainz 1 (Noveski 85) Fortuna Duesseldorf 0
Greuther Fuerth 0 Hamburg 1 (Son 17)