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  • Tuesday 24 November 2009

    Bayern's annual crisis: Bundesliga reviews

    Freiburg 0-6 Werder
    Stuttgart 1-1 Hertha
    Schalke 2-0 Hannover
    Wolfsburg 2-3 Nurnberg
    Cologne 0-4 Hoffenheim
    Eintracht 1-2 Monchengladbach
    Dortmund 0-0 Mainz
    Bayern 1-1 Leverkusen
    Hamburg 0-1 Bochum

    Bayern's draw with Leverkusen sees them sit in seventh. That's not good, despite the gap to top spot being just six points, and the whole thing is collapsing. Luca Toni reckons it's him or Van Gaal, and the lumbering Italian may just get his wish. Even if Van Gaal goes though, it's hard to see Toni remain at the club after January. Philipp Lahm, already in hot water over comments to the press, has described the club as "sick" after the poor performance against the leaders. It's easy to forget they didn't actually lose. Mario Gomez put Bayern ahead early on, but Stefan Kiessling equalised moments later and that was that. Poor game.

    Bremen are now just a point back from Leverkusen after a thumping win over Freiburg. Mesut Ozil was the star as Bremen hit five after the break, the young midfield tyro getting one and having a foot in most of the others. Hugo Almeida got a brace, Marco Marin, Markus Rosenberg and a Naldo penalty as Freiburg were blown away. Schalke come next after a low-key win over Hannover. Jefferson Farfan got the first and Jan Moravek sealed the win in the last minute. Hoffenheim are the big movers after belting lowly Cologne. Carlos Eduardo and Chinedu Obasi put the Villagers two up at the break with Demba Ba and Vedad Ibisevic, from the penalty spot, completing the job.

    At the bottom, Zdravko Kuzmanovic grabbed a point for Stuttgart against Hertha before getting himself sent off. Not that a point does anything for Hertha. Bochum and Nurnberg were the winners down at the bottom, the latter against the champions. Going to the VW-Arena, Nurnberg were pegged back twice before Peer Kluge struck in stoppage time. Albert Bunjaku scored twice, but Wolfsburg came back both times, Ashkan Dejagah and a Grafite penalty looking to have secured a point until Kluge popped up late on. Hamburg went down to Bochum, Dennis Grote with the only goal of the game. Elsewhere, Mainz and Dortumnd ground out a 0-0 and Eintracht went down at home to Gladbach.

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