HAMBURG, Germany: Bayern Munich crowned a great week on Saturday with an emphatic 5-1 victory at VfL Bochum to move to second in the Bundesliga standings.
On a day of high-scoring games SV Hamburg won 4-0 at Nuremberg to go to fourth, while Borussia Moenchengladbach beat Hanover 96 5-3.
Just four days after trouncing Juventus 4-1 in Turin to advance to the knockout stages of the lucrative Champions League, Bayern were far too strong for a luckless Bochum.
The victory sees Bayern move to 30 points from their 16 matches — two behind leaders Bayer Leverkusen, who drew 2-2 at Hertha Berlin on Friday.
Werder Bremen or Schalke 04, who are both on 28 points and play against each other in the late game on Saturday in Bremen, could move to second if they win the top-of-the-table clash.
Hamburg side put on a convincing second half performance with Dutch international Eljero Elia scoring twice and Marcell Jansen and Tunay Torun each adding one.
Nuremberg remains deep in the relegation zone in 17th place with just 12 points.
Ivorian international Didier Ya Konan scored twice for Hanover, but was then sent off in an entertaining match in Moenchengladbach that also saw three Hanover own goals in the 5-3 victory for Borussia Moenchgladbach.
Hoffenheim played to a 1-1 draw at home with Eintracht Frankfurt, while Cologne extended their goalless run at Freiburg to seven matches during their goalless draw, with the last Cologne goal in Freiburg being scored by Austrian Toni Polster.
