Departing veterans Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben both scored in their final game at the Allianz Arena on Saturday as Bayern Munich beat Eintracht Frankfurt 5-1 to wrap up a seventh successive Bundesliga title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\n fairytale farewell for club icons Robben and Ribery saw Bayern end an \nunusually tight title race two points ahead of rivals Borussia Dortmund,\n who beat Borussia Moenchengladbach 2-0 Nine points behind Dortmund in \nDecember, Bayern lost just one game between January and May as they \nbounced back to be crowned German champions for the 29th time in their \nhistory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Robben and Ribery, who will both leave the club at the \nend of the season, came off the bench against Frankfurt to score \nBayern’s fourth and fifth goals and end Dortmund’s hopes of pulling off a\n final day miracle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Their departure marks the end of a glistening\n decade of success for Bayern, who are now set for a major squad \noverhaul ahead of next season, having already signed World Cup winners \nBenjamin Pavard and Lucas Hernandez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After Gladbach dominated the\n first half, Jadon Sancho smashed in the opener for Dortmund, and Reus \ndoubled the lead after the break.In Munich, Sebastien Haller bundled in a\n shock equaliser at a corner just after the break, but Bayern responded \nfuriously, and David Alaba restored the lead in a matter of minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dortmund’s\n hopes lay in tatters when Renato Sanches blasted the ball in from close\n range to score his first Bundesliga goal and put Bayern 3-1 up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ribery\n and Robben each came off the bench to standing ovations in the second \nhalf, and Ribery danced through the Frankfurt ranks to seal the title on\n 72 minutes, before Robben completed a fairytale afternoon with an 85th \nminute tap-in.\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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