Hamburg - Bayern Munich laboured to a late 2-1 comeback victory against Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga on Saturday which will not really take the pressure off coach Louis van Gaal and the team. Alexander Meier opened the scoring for Frankfurt on the hour but Arjen Robben returned from injury to grab the equalizer 10 minutes later before Daniel van Buyten headed an 88th-minute winner.
The result lifted Munich to fifth place with 18 points, four shy of leaders Bayer Leverkusen who were held 1-1 by Borussia Dortmund on Friday.
But SV Hamburg (21 points), Schalke (19), Werder Bremen (18) and VfL Wolfsburg (16) all play on Sunday and can raise their tally.
Hamburg are at Schalke in the weekend top match, the champions Wolfsburg travel to bottom club Hertha Berlin and Bremen are at VfL Bochum.
Munich dominated against Frankfurt but Luca Toni and others wasted a host of first-rate chances, with Toni denied by the right post shortly before halftime and the team jeered by the fans at the break.
Things got worse on the hour when Meier slotted past goalkeeper Hans-Joerg Butt for a surprise Frankfurt lead after a defence-splitting pass from Patrick Ochs.
However, Bayern were level 10 minutes later when Frankfurt goalkeeper Oka Nikolov came too late to meet a cross and the substitute Robben was left with an easy tap into the empty net.
Van Buyten, sent off four days ago in a 2-1 Champions League defeat in France at Girondins Bordeaux, then proved his class in the air to steal a late victory for the hosts.
Van Gaal saw the positive side of the second league win in a row before the two teams meet again in the German cup on Wednesday in Frankfurt.
"We were very strong mentally and managed to turn it around. I don't know if it really was a lucky win," said van Gaal, noting "14 scoring chances" for his team.
Things are much worse at VfB Stuttgart where coach Markus Babbel could be on his way out after third straight defeat, 1-0 in Hanover.
Didier Ya Konan grabbed the winner in the 31st as Stuttgart tried in vain to fight back, with Elson and captain Thomas Hitzlsperger denied by the post in the second half.
Stuttgart languish in 14th place, on eight points along with four other teams down to second-from last Nuremberg.
"We were unlucky. We are trying hard, but things are just not going our way," said Hitzlsperger while Babbel spoke of "another bitter defeat.
"The team did well. I saw just one chance for Hanover and they scored. We didn't take advantage our chances. I feel very sorry for the boys.
"It may sound stupid but we are improving. We finally have to award ourselves," said Babbel.
Elsewhere, TSG Hoffenheim thrashed Nuremberg 3-0 from Christian Eichner's 30m blast, Vedad Ibisevic and teenager Franco Zuculini to climb into fourth place.
Tim Hoogland struck twice as Mainz 05 also claimed a 3-0 victory, over SC Freiburg in a duel of promoted teams. Borussia Moenchengladbach and Cologne drew 0-0.
