MUNICH — Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund recorded thumping wins in the Bundesliga on Saturday as both teams returned to domestic football action following Champions League triumphs in midweek.
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Bayern, who wrapped up their 23rd Bundesliga title last weekend, thrashed Nuremburg 4-0 at the Allianz Arena.
Jupp Heynckes rested nine of the team who beat Juventus 2-0 in the Champions League quarter-final, but still cruised to victory.
First-half goals from German defender Jerome Boateng, Mario Gomez and Brazilian Rafinha gave the home side a virtually unassailable lead before Swiss winger Xherdan Shaqiri grabbed a fourth 11 minutes into the second half.
“The game showed my players have a very professional attitude at this stage of the season,” said Bayern coach Jupp Heynckes.
“It’s good that I was able to make nine changes, we still have a lot of games ahead of us and I wouldn’t have made the changes if I hadn’t felt this team would win.”
Bayern now have 78 points with five games remaining and seem assured of breaking Borussia Dortmund’s league record of 81 points set last year.
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After narrowly getting past Malaga in their Champions League quarter-final last Tuesday, Dortmund made lighter work of Greuther Fuerth on Saturday.
The 6-1 hammering of the Bundesliga’s bottom side sees Jurgen Klopp’s side consolidate second place in the table.
Elsewhere, relegation-threatened Hoffenheim played out a 2-2 draw with Wolfsburg. Werder Bremen also drew 2-2 with Dusseldorf. Hamburg move up to eighth in the table after a 2-1 win at Mainz.
