European champions Bayern Munich opened a 19-point gap in the Bundesliga on Sunday with a 4-0 victory at Hanover 96 - their 20th win from 22 league matches. Mueller set Bayern on the way to their 14th consecutive league win when he headed home Rafinha's cross with 25 minutes gone.
Thiago then chested down Schweinsteiger's superb pass and fired home to make it 2-0 after 34 minutes. Mueller profited from a Mandzukic pass to get behind the Hanover defence and score his second on 59 minutes, while Mandzukic then headed home Rafinha's cross for Bayern's fourth, seven minutes later.
Strugglers Hamburg stun Russia-bound Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund suffered a shock 3-0 league defeat at Bundesliga strugglers Hamburg on Saturday, just three days before their Champions League last-16 clash away to Zenit St Petersburg. Jurgen Klopp's Dortmund got the worst possible result ahead of their trip to Russia for Tuesday's first-leg clash while Hamburg recorded their first league win since November in Mirko Slomka's first match in charge as coach.
Hamburg are in danger of being relegated from the Bundesliga for the first time in their history and sacked coach Bert van Marwijk last Saturday -- after only 143 days in charge -- in the wake of their 4-2 drubbing at bottom side Eintracht Braunschweig. His successor Slomka signed a two-year deal on Monday and enjoyed a winning debut as his side broke their eight-match losing streak, including a club record seven league matches. "That is just one of 13 games and we won't stop working," said Slomka. "We didn't quite deserve to win by that margin, but we did well in defence and the team can be proud of the points."
The 46-year-old Slomka punched the air as left winger Petr Jiracek gave Hamburg the lead three minutes before the break after a superb cross from striker Pierre-Michel Lasogga. The 22-year-old Lasogga, on loan from Hertha Berlin, then added the second when he darted on to a defence-splitting pass from defensive midfielder Tolgay Arslan on 58 minutes to net his 11th of the season. Turkey midfielder Hakan Calhanoglu then sealed Hamburg's three points when he fired home a 91st-minute free kick.
The result lifts Hamburg up to 16th, but still amongst the bottom three relegation places, while Dortmund stay third. "That was a modest performance by us," said Klopp, whose team suffered their sixth defeat in eight league games in Hamburg. "We imploded at times, it was brutal to watch."
Braunschweig are now three points adrift at the bottom after their 2-1 defeat at ten-man Nuremberg in a match where three penalties were saved.
Borussia Moenchengladbach stay sixth, but are winless in their last seven games after their 2-2 draw at home to Hoffenheim. Augsburg got back to winning ways with a 4-2 victory at Freiburg to bounce back from last weekend's defeat to Nuremberg, their only loss in the last eight games.
VfB Stuttgart are just above the bottom three after they suffered their seventh straight defeat at home to Hertha Berlin, who ran out 2-1 winners.
Hertha's replacement striker Sandro Wagner headed the winner, three minutes from time, but was then sent off for a second yellow card having only been on the pitch for 12 minutes. Fourth-placed Schalke, who host Real Madrid in Wednesday's Champions League last-16, first-leg clash, stayed fourth after their goalless draw at home to Mainz 05 on Friday.
On Sunday, the games between Werder Bremen and Eintracht Frankfurt and Hannover 96 against Bayern Munich complete the match day.
The fixtures:
The match on Friday (8.30 pm cet):
Schalke 04 - 1. FSV Mainz 05 0-0
The matches on Saturday (3.30 pm cet):
Borussia Mönchengladbach - 1899 Hoffenheim 2-2 (2-0)
VfB Stuttgart - Hertha BSC 1-2 (1-1)
1. FC Nürnberg - Eintracht Braunschweig 2-1 (0-1)
SC Freiburg - FC Augsburg 2-4 (1-1)
Hamburger SV - Borussia Dortmund 3-0 (1-0)
The match on Saturday (6.30 pm cet):
VfL Wolfsburg - Bayer Leverkusen 3-1 (1-1)
The match on Sunday (3.30 pm cet):
Eintracht Frankfurt - Werder Bremen 0-0 (0-0)
The match on Sunday (5.30 pm cet):
Hannover 96 - Bayern München 0-4 (0-2)
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European champions Bayern Munich opened a 19-point gap in the Bundesliga on Sunday with a 4-0 victory at Hanover 96 - their 20th win from 22 league matches. Mueller set Bayern on the way to their 14th consecutive league win when he headed home Rafinha's cross with 25 minutes gone.
Thiago then chested down Schweinsteiger's superb pass and fired home to make it 2-0 after 34 minutes. Mueller profited from a Mandzukic pass to get behind the Hanover defence and score his second on 59 minutes, while Mandzukic then headed home Rafinha's cross for Bayern's fourth, seven minutes later.
Strugglers Hamburg stun Russia-bound Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund suffered a shock 3-0 league defeat at Bundesliga strugglers Hamburg on Saturday, just three days before their Champions League last-16 clash away to Zenit St Petersburg. Jurgen Klopp's Dortmund got the worst possible result ahead of their trip to Russia for Tuesday's first-leg clash while Hamburg recorded their first league win since November in Mirko Slomka's first match in charge as coach.
Hamburg are in danger of being relegated from the Bundesliga for the first time in their history and sacked coach Bert van Marwijk last Saturday -- after only 143 days in charge -- in the wake of their 4-2 drubbing at bottom side Eintracht Braunschweig. His successor Slomka signed a two-year deal on Monday and enjoyed a winning debut as his side broke their eight-match losing streak, including a club record seven league matches. "That is just one of 13 games and we won't stop working," said Slomka. "We didn't quite deserve to win by that margin, but we did well in defence and the team can be proud of the points."
The 46-year-old Slomka punched the air as left winger Petr Jiracek gave Hamburg the lead three minutes before the break after a superb cross from striker Pierre-Michel Lasogga. The 22-year-old Lasogga, on loan from Hertha Berlin, then added the second when he darted on to a defence-splitting pass from defensive midfielder Tolgay Arslan on 58 minutes to net his 11th of the season. Turkey midfielder Hakan Calhanoglu then sealed Hamburg's three points when he fired home a 91st-minute free kick.
The result lifts Hamburg up to 16th, but still amongst the bottom three relegation places, while Dortmund stay third. "That was a modest performance by us," said Klopp, whose team suffered their sixth defeat in eight league games in Hamburg. "We imploded at times, it was brutal to watch."
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Braunschweig are now three points adrift at the bottom after their 2-1 defeat at ten-man Nuremberg in a match where three penalties were saved.
Borussia Moenchengladbach stay sixth, but are winless in their last seven games after their 2-2 draw at home to Hoffenheim. Augsburg got back to winning ways with a 4-2 victory at Freiburg to bounce back from last weekend's defeat to Nuremberg, their only loss in the last eight games.
VfB Stuttgart are just above the bottom three after they suffered their seventh straight defeat at home to Hertha Berlin, who ran out 2-1 winners.
Hertha's replacement striker Sandro Wagner headed the winner, three minutes from time, but was then sent off for a second yellow card having only been on the pitch for 12 minutes. Fourth-placed Schalke, who host Real Madrid in Wednesday's Champions League last-16, first-leg clash, stayed fourth after their goalless draw at home to Mainz 05 on Friday.
On Sunday, the games between Werder Bremen and Eintracht Frankfurt and Hannover 96 against Bayern Munich complete the match day.
The fixtures:
The match on Friday (8.30 pm cet):
Schalke 04 - 1. FSV Mainz 05 0-0
The matches on Saturday (3.30 pm cet):
Borussia Mönchengladbach - 1899 Hoffenheim 2-2 (2-0)
VfB Stuttgart - Hertha BSC 1-2 (1-1)
1. FC Nürnberg - Eintracht Braunschweig 2-1 (0-1)
SC Freiburg - FC Augsburg 2-4 (1-1)
Hamburger SV - Borussia Dortmund 3-0 (1-0)
The match on Saturday (6.30 pm cet):
VfL Wolfsburg - Bayer Leverkusen 3-1 (1-1)
The match on Sunday (3.30 pm cet):
Eintracht Frankfurt - Werder Bremen 0-0 (0-0)
The match on Sunday (5.30 pm cet):
Hannover 96 - Bayern München 0-4 (0-2)
