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Dortmund held at Nuremberg
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German Bundesliga leader Borussia Dortmund struggled to a 1-1 draw at Nuremberg yesterday that ended its perfect start to the season of five straight league wins.
Despite several changes to the team that lost 1-2 at Napoli in the Champions League in midweek, Dortmund, which stays top of the table with 16 points, was initially the better side.
With top striker Robert Lewandowski and midfielder Nuri Sahin on the bench and defender Mats Hummels injured, coach Juergen Klopp brought in youngsters Marvin Duksch and Erik Durm. The visitors broke the deadlock in the 37th minute with a fierce free kick from Marcel Schmelzer.
Nuremberg, which has yet to win this season, grew bolder in the second half and secured an equalizer in the 51st with Per Nilsson’s close-range effort after Dortmund defenders failed to clear a free kick.
Bayer Leverkusen moved up to second place on 15 points, shrugging off its own Champions League defeat to Manchester United, by demolishing Mainz 05 4-1 with two goals from Australian Robbie Kruse.
Leverkusen is one point behind Dortmund and two ahead of Bayern Munich, which was at Schalke 04 later.
Hamburger SV, the only team to have played in the Bundesliga every season since its creation in 1963, headed deeper into crisis after losing its northern derby against visiting Werder Bremen 2-0 after a Nils Petersen double.
Hamburg, which sacked coach Thorsten Fink last Monday, dropped to third-from-bottom on four points while Bremen, in ninth place, has nine.
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