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Dortmund triumphs to remain on Bayern's tail
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September 16, 2012, Sunday
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LEADER Bayern Munich protected its two-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga with a nervous 3-1 victory over Mainz 05 yesterday as champion Borussia Dortmund kept up the chase with a commanding 3-0 win against Bayer Leverkusen.
Goals from Mario Mandzukic and Bastian Schweinsteiger after 13 minutes looked to have put host Bayern in an unassailable position but an Adam Szalai penalty on the hour set the stage for a tricky ending.
Bayern was without wingers Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben, out of the squad with minor injuries hours before the game, while coach Jupp Heynckes left 40 million euro (US$52.6 million) signing Javi Martinez again on the bench at the start.
Bayern striker Claudio Pizarro came on late to equal the record for most Bundesliga matches by a foreign player at 336 but it was Toni Kroos who made sure of the three points when he struck in stoppage time.
Dortmund had no such case of nerves and a well-timed Mats Hummels header put the champion on track to maintain its 12-month unbeaten run at home.
Jakub Blaszczykowski fired in another goal from the far post six minutes before the break against a toothless Leverkusen side before Robert Lewandowski headed in another in the 78th to lift second-placed Dortmund to seven points from three games, two behind leader Bayern.
Elsewhere yesterday, it was: Borussia Moenchengladbach 2, FC Nuremberg 3; VfB Stuttgart 0, Fortuna Duesseldorf 0; and Hannover 3, Werder Bremen 2
Goals from Mario Mandzukic and Bastian Schweinsteiger after 13 minutes looked to have put host Bayern in an unassailable position but an Adam Szalai penalty on the hour set the stage for a tricky ending.
Bayern was without wingers Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben, out of the squad with minor injuries hours before the game, while coach Jupp Heynckes left 40 million euro (US$52.6 million) signing Javi Martinez again on the bench at the start.
Bayern striker Claudio Pizarro came on late to equal the record for most Bundesliga matches by a foreign player at 336 but it was Toni Kroos who made sure of the three points when he struck in stoppage time.
Dortmund had no such case of nerves and a well-timed Mats Hummels header put the champion on track to maintain its 12-month unbeaten run at home.
Jakub Blaszczykowski fired in another goal from the far post six minutes before the break against a toothless Leverkusen side before Robert Lewandowski headed in another in the 78th to lift second-placed Dortmund to seven points from three games, two behind leader Bayern.
Elsewhere yesterday, it was: Borussia Moenchengladbach 2, FC Nuremberg 3; VfB Stuttgart 0, Fortuna Duesseldorf 0; and Hannover 3, Werder Bremen 2
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