Wolfsburg 4-3 Schalke
Eintracht 1-1 Hoffenheim
Karlsruhe 0-1 Arminia
Cologne 2-4 Monchengladbach
Hertha 1-0 Leverkusen
Bochum 0-3 Bayern
Hannover 4-4 Dortmund
Bremen 4-0 Stuttgart
Hamburg 2-0 Energie
Goals galore in Germany this weekend, but results mean that the overall picture hasn't changed much, with Hertha leading the way by four from what is now three clubs locked together as Hoffenheim's run of draws continued.
The goal glut started on Friday night as Wolfsburg, one of those three chasing clubs and they must now be considered as genuine challengers now. They're on a terrific run and didn't panic when Heiko Westermann put Schalke ahead early on. Grafite struck back quickly with a penalty after he was hacked down in the box and Edin Dzeko's beautifully worked goal - Grafite the supplier this time - sent the Wolves into oranges ahead. Grafite's second looked to have made it safe with quarter of an hour to go, but Jermaine Jones struck from range to bring Schalke back into it. Six minutes to go and Grafite completed his hat-trick, but there was still time for Kevin Kuranyi to get a third for the visitors.
Hertha continue to lead and Andriy Voronin continues to score goals. He got the only one of the game as the Berliners eased past Leverkusen. That's eight in his last six games and, though Hertha were not at their best, they were comfortable winners. Bayern remain in contention thanks to a 3-0 win over 10-man and relegation threatened Bochum. Marcus Pfertzel was dismissed for upending Jose Sosa in the box and, though Lukas Podolski missed the penalty, that was that. Ze Roberto had earlier put Bayern ahead and goals from Philipp Lahm and Martin Demichelis finished the job. Bad news though for Miro Klose, out for eight weeks with an ankle injury. Quick fire goals from Ivica Olic and Piotr Trochowski ended Hamburg's little wobble with an easy win over doomed Cottbus. Hoffenheim just drop off the pace a little having drawn yet again. Goals are suddenly hard to come by for the villagers and they surrendered a one goal lead away at Frankfurt. Despite dominating the play, they only had Carlos Eduardo's tenth minute effort to show for it and they paid for not converting chances with Michael Fink's equaliser early in the second half. Hoffenheim now lie six points off the pace.
Hannover twice came back from two-goal deficits in drawing 4-4 with Dortmund. It was a truly bizarre game with goals coming in pairs throughout. Alexander Frei, from the spot, and Florian Kringe put BvB two up with goals within a few minutes of each other before Jiri Stajner and Arnold Bruggink brought Hannover level with goals a couple of minutes either side of the break. On the hour, two more Dortmund goals restored the advatage - Kringe and Frei again. Ten minutes left and Mike Hanke pulls one back and Mickael Forssell levelled it from the spot three minutes later. Bizarre. Cologne and Glabach shared six goals unevenly, Michael Bradley scoring twice as Gladbach continued their good from. Miso Brecko scored both Cologne goals, but Rob Friend and Karim Mantour helped the visitors to the win which pulls them ever closer to getting out of trouble.
Markus Babbel finally saw his side beaten, 4-0 at Bremen. Jens Lehmann. You've got to love him eh? He was incensed at the final whistle and had a right go at Diego, accusing him of cheating and sparking a scuffle. Lehmann felt the Brazilian had gone down too easy in winning the free-kick on the half hour that he opened the scoring from. Second half goals from Claudio Pizarro and Markus Rosenberg (twice) sealed the rout which eases the pressure on Thomas Schaaf a little. Arminia kept themselves just above the drop zone with a narrow win over Karlsruhe, now rock bottom and becoming cut off. In a game of few chances, Zlatko Janjic's goal four minutes from the end was enough, though Christopher Katongo's sending off at the end of normal time made for a jittery end for the visitors.
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