Bundesliga: Who wants it?

Cologne 1-1 Arminia
Hertha 2-1 Monchengladbach
Dortmund 0-0 Hoffenheim
Bochum 3-2 Energie
Hannover 1-0 Leverkusen
Eintracht 1-2 Schalke
Bremen 0-0 Bayern
Hamburg 1-3 Wolfsburg
Karlsruhe 0-2 Stuttgart

Does anyone actually want to win this sodding title this season? It appears not, as the lead changes hands yet again this week, Hamburg collapsing at home to Wolfsburg, who themselves go shooting up the table. Hertha seem more determined than anyone to achieve, but Bayern, Leverkusen and Hoffenheim all messed up this week. The Bavarians had the luxury of playing against ten men for fully 75 minutes away at Bremen, but still couldn't break down Werder's rearguard. Indeed, the home side looked more likely to win it than Jurgen Klinsmann's hapless side, who now not only face a fight for European football, but also with Manchester United for star man Franck Ribéry. Naldo got himself sent off on 15 minutes for a professional foul on Bastian Schweinsteiger, but Thomas Schaaf's reorganisation worked very well, although Hugo Almeida may not agree as he was sacrificed for another defender. Former Bayern man Claudio Pizarro probably should have put Werder ahead, but they also had goalkeeper Christian Vander in top form to keep the Bavarians out at the other end. A point helps neither side, but Werder will probably be the happier with it in the circumstances.

Grafite was back for Wolfsburg and, very quickly, the writing was on the wall for Hamburg. 12 minutes in, Edin Dzeko was hauled down in the box by Dennis Aogo and the referee pointed straight to the spot. Grafite made no mistake and was on target ten minutes later to double the lead. Paolo Guerrero pulled one back quarter of an hour from time, but barely a minute later, Dzeko restored the advantage to put the Wolves fourth and knock Hamburg off the top. It's Hertha who retake the league lead, Andriy Voronin again spearheading their challenge, opening the scoring on 28 minutes, finally beating Gladbach keeper Logan Bailly after an inspired start by the visiting stopper. Pal Dardai extended the lead before the break and though Gladbach got back into it through Michael Bradley's penalty, Hertha held out. Another draw for Hoffenheim drops them to third as they played out a goalless match with Dortmund. Both sides finished a man short, Sebastien Kehl picking up two yellows for Dortmund and TSG's Tobias Weis getting a straight red for a professional foul. A high tempo game saw both keepers have plenty of involvement, but neither side could force the issue.

Violence marred Stuttgart's derby win over Karlsruhe. A group of Karlsruhe supporters initially delayed the Stuttgart team bus from entering the stadium area, delaying kick off by 15 minutes while over 150 arrests were made in the city centre where Stuttgart fans had gone on the rampage. Fighting erupted outside the ground forcing fans to be segregated. When some football finally broke out, Stuttgart dominated for long periods before Elson opened the scoring in the second half, Mario Gomez and Ciprian Marica creating the chance. Playing a patient counter-attacking game, Stuttgart picked off their rivals clinically late on, Sami Khedira tucking home a rebound after his initial shot was saved. Leverkusen's title bid was seriously harmed by a defeat at Hannover, the home side doing themselves a huge favour in escaping immediate danger at the bottom. Arnold Bruggink's first half strike was enough to seal the win in a game that Leverkusen had controlled in the main.

Another point for Bielefeld halted Cologne's rapid march up the table for the time being as well as keeping their heads just about above water. Petit's early goal put Cologne ahead, but Arminia were back level just before the break through Christopher Katongo. The second half saw few chances and the game rather petered out. Bochum twice came from behind in the big game down at the bottom against Energie. Ivica Iliev put Cottbus ahead inside of two minutes, but Joel Epalle equalised ten minutes later. Five minutes into the second period, Emil Jula restored Energie's advantage, but Christian Fuchs' free-kick and a late penalty from Marc Pfertzel snatched a vital win. Schalke finally got a win, plunging Eintracht deep into trouble at the same time. A midfield battle was order of the day for a long time before Rafinha scored with the first real chance of the game. Late on, Eintracht thought they'd grabbed a point through Michael Fink, but they were level for just two minutes before Jermaine Jones' free-kick was prodded home by Heiko Westermann.