The fall and rise of mighty Munich

BAYERN are notgood enough.Franck Ribery’s blunt verdict on his own team back in December may have seemed overly pessimistic as they embarked on a run of nine league wins in a row and went top of the Bundesliga for the first time in two years.

But events over the past 10 days seemed to justify the French winger’s views.

Two consecutive defeats in league games against Eintracht Frankfurt and Stuttgart have left them two points behind their main rivals for the title, Schalke.