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Bundesliga Round 19 Results: Hamburg top Hertha; Leverkusen earn point at Bremen
Stefan Reinartz canceled out Claudio Pizarro's opener to salvage a draw for Leverkusen at Bremen, while a Florian Dick double saw Kaiserslautern split the points at Augsburg
Jan 28, 2012 12:39:00 PM
By Keeghann Sinanan
Bongarts
| Hannover 1-0 Nurnberg |
A lone first-half goal saw Hannover pick up its first league win since October with a 1-0 triumph over Nurnberg on Friday.
Mohammed Abdellaoue volleyed home Lars Stindl’s cross in the 18th minute to seal the points for the home side, which had the better of a subdued Nurnberg outfit that was indebted to goalkeeper Raphael Schafer for some fine saves during the first half.
The visitors came into the game more after the interval, but Ron-Robert Zieler was equal to every challenge in the Hannover net, and kept a clean sheet to secure his side’s first Bundesliga victory since its shock win over Bayern Munich a week before Halloween.
| Bayern Munich 2-0 Wolfsburg |
| Dortmund 3-1 Hoffenheim |
| Augsburg 2-2 Kaiserslautern |
A brace from Florian Dick helped Kaiserslautern on its way to a 2-2 draw away at fellow struggler Augsburg.
The defender struck a goal either side of the interval to cancel out an opener by Marcel De Jong, but Stephan Hain equalized shortly after the hour mark. The home side had further chances to steal the points, but Tobias Werner was guilty of a shocking miss as the match finished all square.
However, both Kaiserslautern and Augsburg remain entrenched in the relegation zone, with the former maintaining its two-point advantage over the latter.
| Hertha 1-2 Hamburg |
Hamburg continued its push away from the relegation zone with a 2-1 win at Hertha.
Marcell Jansen and Mladen Petric sent the visitors into a two goal halftime lead, but Pierre Michael Lassoga pulled one back for the home side with eight minutes to go. Despite a bevy of chances in the time that remained, Hertha could not find a way back into the game and HSV held on to claim all three points.
The result sees HSV leapfrog Hertha by two points into 11th place, but it still remains eight points adrift of the European places.
| Werder Bremen 1-1 Leverkusen |
Claudio Pizarro struck his 13th goal of the season, but it was not enough to earn Bremen more than a point after their 1-1 against Leverkusen.
The Peruvian scored on the half-hour mark to send his side into a deserved lead, but a second half improvement by Leverkusen allowed Stefan Reinartz to level the scores with just over half an hour to play. Despite showing most of the initiative throughout the contest, Bremen failed to strike the critical blow to break the tie.
Thomas Schaaf’s men remain five points adrift of the Champions League places, but still hold a one point advantage over Leverkusen.
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