Bayern Munich bounced back from defeat to Borussia Dortmund a week ago with a 2-1 win at Bayer Leverkusen which cemented second place in the Bundesliga on Saturday.

In spite of a generally improved performance from the first leg last week, it mattered little in the final analysis as St. Patrick’s duly bowed out of the Europa League at the AWD-Arena in Hannover last night.

Hannover 96 2 St. Patrick’s Athletic 0

Arsenal remain hopeful their frantic deadline-day attempts to complete the signing of Russian playmaker Andrei Arshavin will culminate in success.

GERMANY began the new era under Jurgen Klinsmann when they beat Austria 3-1 in Vienna last night.