Dortmund draw but extend lead; Bayern give five-star display
Borussia Dortmund extended their lead at the top of the table despite being held by Stuttgart, as Hannover and Mainz both lost.
Borussia Dortmund looked set to seal a 16th victory of the season when Mario Gotze opened the scoring against Stuttgart, but Pavel Pogrebnyak's late equaliser salvaged a 1-1 draw and a precious point for the surprise strugglers.
Second-placed Hannover could not capitalise on Dortmund's slip-up as they lost 1-0 to Schalke to fall 13 points off the pace.
Mainz dropped to fourth following a 1-0 defeat at home to Wolfsburg, with Simon Kjaer netting the decisive goal eight minutes from time to end a run of seven straight draws for Steve McClaren's side.
Bayern Munich were the big winners of the day, prevailing 5-1 against Kaiserslautern to climb into third place.
Arjen Robben, who missed the first few months of the season due to injury, broke the deadlock for Bayern on the stroke of half-time before Mario Gomez took centre stage after the interval.
Gomez scored a hat-trick to seal an emphatic success, while Thomas Muller also got in on the act late on and Jan Moravek scored Kaiserslautern's solitary effort.
Freiburg played out a 1-1 draw with Nurnberg as Johannes Flum's opener for the hosts was cancelled out by Julian Schieber.
Borussia Dortmund looked set to seal a 16th victory of the season when Mario Gotze opened the scoring against Stuttgart, but Pavel Pogrebnyak's late equaliser salvaged a 1-1 draw and a precious point for the surprise strugglers.
Second-placed Hannover could not capitalise on Dortmund's slip-up as they lost 1-0 to Schalke to fall 13 points off the pace.
Mainz dropped to fourth following a 1-0 defeat at home to Wolfsburg, with Simon Kjaer netting the decisive goal eight minutes from time to end a run of seven straight draws for Steve McClaren's side.
Bayern Munich were the big winners of the day, prevailing 5-1 against Kaiserslautern to climb into third place.
Arjen Robben, who missed the first few months of the season due to injury, broke the deadlock for Bayern on the stroke of half-time before Mario Gomez took centre stage after the interval.
Gomez scored a hat-trick to seal an emphatic success, while Thomas Muller also got in on the act late on and Jan Moravek scored Kaiserslautern's solitary effort.
Freiburg played out a 1-1 draw with Nurnberg as Johannes Flum's opener for the hosts was cancelled out by Julian Schieber.
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