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Schalke ends Bremen's 23-match unbeaten run
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December 14, 2009, Monday
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STRIKER Kevin Kuranyi scored and set up another as Schalke 04 ended Werder Bremen's 23-match unbeaten run with a 2-0 win on Saturday to move into second place in the German Bundesliga.
The result lifted Schalke to 31 points, one off pacesetter Bayer Leverkusen, with Bremen, which had not lost since the first matchday back in August in all competitions, dropping to fourth on 28.
Bayern Munich, which earlier crushed VfL Bochum 5-1, is third on 30 points after 16 matches.
Bremen and Schalke played a cautious first half with the hosts more aggressive.
Its patience paid off two minutes after the restart when Kuranyi broke the offside trap after a through ball from Lewis Holtby, sidestepped keeper Tim Wiese and slotted home for his eighth goal of the season.
The striker, desperate to win back a spot in the Germany squad ahead of next year's World Cup, turned provider in the 72nd minute when he set up substitute Jan Moravek, who had come on seconds earlier, to fire home Schalke's second goal, helped by a deflection.
Bayern demolished host Bochum to record its third straight Bundesliga win.
Bayern, fielding the same team that crushed Juventus 4-1 in midweek to reach the Champions League knockout stage, broke Bochum's double defensive line in the 23rd when Ivica Olic floated a low cross for Mario Gomez to sneak between two defenders and tap in.
The Bavarians, who have now won five in a row in all competitions, doubled their lead 11 minutes later when Bochum defender Mergim Mavraj deflected a seemingly harmless Danijel Pranjic cross into his own net.
Olic scored either side of halftime before Pranjic grabbed another with a shot inside the box in the 56th.
Hamburg thumped host Nuremberg 4-0 to stay in fifth place on 28 points.
The result lifted Schalke to 31 points, one off pacesetter Bayer Leverkusen, with Bremen, which had not lost since the first matchday back in August in all competitions, dropping to fourth on 28.
Bayern Munich, which earlier crushed VfL Bochum 5-1, is third on 30 points after 16 matches.
Bremen and Schalke played a cautious first half with the hosts more aggressive.
Its patience paid off two minutes after the restart when Kuranyi broke the offside trap after a through ball from Lewis Holtby, sidestepped keeper Tim Wiese and slotted home for his eighth goal of the season.
The striker, desperate to win back a spot in the Germany squad ahead of next year's World Cup, turned provider in the 72nd minute when he set up substitute Jan Moravek, who had come on seconds earlier, to fire home Schalke's second goal, helped by a deflection.
Bayern demolished host Bochum to record its third straight Bundesliga win.
Bayern, fielding the same team that crushed Juventus 4-1 in midweek to reach the Champions League knockout stage, broke Bochum's double defensive line in the 23rd when Ivica Olic floated a low cross for Mario Gomez to sneak between two defenders and tap in.
The Bavarians, who have now won five in a row in all competitions, doubled their lead 11 minutes later when Bochum defender Mergim Mavraj deflected a seemingly harmless Danijel Pranjic cross into his own net.
Olic scored either side of halftime before Pranjic grabbed another with a shot inside the box in the 56th.
Hamburg thumped host Nuremberg 4-0 to stay in fifth place on 28 points.
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