Bayern and Schalke ended with a 2-2 draw

In a very intense game, Bayern Munich rallied from two goals down Sunday to draw 2-2 with Schalke. Peter Lovenkrands scored in the 13th minute and Levan Kobiaschwili added a second goal for Schalke five minutes later.

In fact, Andreas Ottl scored for Bayern in the 45th when goalkeeper Manuel Neuer punched the ball to his feet and Roy Makaay equalized in the 51st.

With this result, Werder Bremen leads with 20 points, two ahead of VfB Stuttgart, which won 4-2 against Alemannia Aachen on Saturday. Bayern and Schalke are next with 17 points, one in front of Hertha Berlin.

It's fair to say that Schalke dominated the early stages of the game in front of 61,482 home fans. Bayern didn't manage an attempt on goal until Bastian Schweinsteiger's 27th-minute header.

"The first half was annoying — we weren't in the match at all," Bayern boss Felix Magath expressed. "It was encouraging that we fought back."

Kobiaschwili's goal — a rising shot on the run inside the left post — came just a few seconds after Schalke's fans stood to protest the team's recent poor performances. Schalke coach Mirko Slomka has been criticized after his squad was knocked out of the German Cup and beaten badly by Stuttgart in the past week.

We must consider that Bayern, booed by its fans in recent matches for uninspired play, had lost three straight away matches.

The one inform Bayern footballer is Makaay, who put a low side-footed shot past three defenders to score in his fourth straight match. He had a second goal ruled offside on a dubious call.