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Sunday, April 09, 2006

A bad weekend for Bayern Munich

Germany has been witness of Bayern Munich fall. Werder Bremen crushed them 3-0 Saturday. Oliver Kahn, Makaay and Pizarro had a really bad day. The result is excellent for Hamburg, who beat Borussia Moenchengladbach 2-0 on Sunday to slash Bayern's difference to four points.

In a tough game, Bremen went ahead when Bastian Schweinsteiger headed in Klose's cross for a 33rd-minute own goal. Klose then set up goals by Daniel Jensen in the 79th and Tim Borowski in the 83rd.

Bayern twice had Claudio Pizarro goals ruled out for offside and couldn't convert chances including a header by unmarked defender Martin Demichelis and a low, wide shot by Michael Ballack.

"We didn't let in a goal, that was decisive, even if we were lucky in some cases," Bremen coach Thomas Schaaf said.

Klose was more effective, starting with a cross to Borowski which was met by Schweinsteiger, who headed into his own goal. Klose, with 11 assists to accompany his 19 goals, then headed over to Jensen for the second goal and sidefooted to Borowski for a close-range score.

What's more, Germany coach Juergen Klinsmann was booed as he watched 11 national team players, with fans unhappy at Friday's decision to name Arsenal's Jens Lehmann as his World Cup goalkeeper instead of Bayern's Oliver Kahn.