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Sunday 26 October 2008

Bayern Munich 4-2 VfL Wolfsburg

MUNICH, October 25 (Bundesliga) - Bayern Munich came from two goals down to beat Wolfsburg and continue their recent revival, moving up to fourth in the Bundesliga table.

A disputable Grafite penalty put Wolfsburg ahead in the 31st minute and Edin Dzeko grabbed a second just two minutes later.

Franck Ribery gave the home side hope four minutes before the interval and goals from Mark van Bommel (54), Tim Borowski (63) and Bastian Schweinsteiger (80) completed the turnaround for Jurgen Klinsmann's defending champions.

Wolfsburg had Grafite in their starting XI despite the fact the Brazilian forward had spent the week back in his homeland mourning the death of his father.

And he deservedly put the visitors ahead, albeit in controversial fashion.

Dzeko seemed to seek contact with Martin Demichelis' foot just after entering the area and fell for a penalty. Grafite sent Michael Rensing the wrong way from the spot.

Bayern barely had time to regroup before they were two behind.

Dzeko this time provided a finish which nobody could query, heading Makoto Hasebe's cross unstoppably past Rensing.

The champions appeared to be slumping back into the poor form which two consecutive wins seemed to have curtailed.

But Ribery gave them hope shortly before the interval, taking the ball off Schweinsteiger before firing accurately into the bottom-left corner.

Bayern were level within 10 minutes of the restart when Van Bommel slotted home from just inside the area after Diego Benaglio had denied Miroslav Klose.

Christian Gentner missed the chance to put the Wolves back ahead on the hour mark as he closed in on Rensing. Demichelis covered to rescue his goalkeeper and clear the ball before it crossed the line.

Three minutes later, Bayern went ahead for the first time thanks to substitute Borowski.

Neither Lukas Podolski nor Klose were able to convert Ze Roberto's left-wing cross, but Borowski was on hand to grab his fourth goal of the season, making him Bayern's top Bundesliga goalscorer.

Wolfsburg's Marcel Schafer hammered a left-footed shot off the crossbar from a tight angle after Christian Lell invited him forward, with Rensing appearing to get a vital touch as the visitors pressed the the equaliser.

But Schweinsteiger gave the home team some breathing space 10 minutes from the end as he tapped in from close range after Klose headed the ball back across goal.

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