Bayern claim 5-2 win to widen gap at top
Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich resisted a secondhalf fightback by Eintracht Frankfurt to claim a 5-2 win behind closed doors on Saturday ahead of their top-of-the-table clash at Dortmund in midweek.
Goals by Leon Goretzka, the league’s top-scorer Robert Lewandowski and Thomas Mueller saw Bayern lead 3-0 before Frankfurt rattled Bayern after the break before but the hosts resisted the scare.
The win re-establishes Bayern’s four-point lead over second-placed Dortmund.
TWO MORE POSITIVE COVID-19 CASES IN PL
England’s Premier League said that two more individuals from two different clubs have tested positive for coronavirus, just three weeks from a proposed restart of the season.
In all, 996 players and club staff were tested over three days.
“Of these, two have tested positive from two clubs,” said an EPL statement on Saturday.
In the first tests, six players tested positive from three clubs.
TOP CZECH LEAGUE SET TO RESUME MATCHES
The top Czech football league prepared to resume on Saturday after a two-month break, with Teplice to host Slovan Liberec in a match that will include pre-kickoff temperature checks. The re-start will make the Czech league follow the Bundesliga in restarting action.
EX-FA CHIEF WARNS CLUBS OF INSOLVENCY
English Football Association CEO Mark Palios has warned the cost of coronavirus to lower-league clubs could be even larger than the £200 million forecast by officials.
“I think what you’ll see is a lot of clubs will stumble down the road to insolvency,” Palios told Sky News.