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It’s starting to get interesting in the Bundesliga. With the weekend being eclipsed by a thrilling 3-3 draw. Schalke needed a last gasp goal from Kevin Kuranyi to make the game even stevens after Hamburg had led, 2-0, 2-1 then 3-2. Markus Berg and Kevin Kuranyi scored two goals each with Lucas Schmitz and Piotr Trochowski both on target in a 3-3 draw which had everything, including a red card for Hamburg’s David Rozehnal.

Hamburg are still 2nd in the table, but only by goal difference as Bayer Leverkusen could only muster a 1-1 draw with Borussia Dortmund, despite dominating the game. Manuel Friedrich (65) and Lucas Barrios (8) the scorers respectively.

Werder Bremen continuted their 15 game unbeaten run with an enthatic victory over Bochum. The Bremen young guns Mezut Ozil, Aaron Hunt and Marco Marin all netted with fans favorite Borowski netting the other. I have to admit they look like a very decent team this year.

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Bayern seem to have crashed and burned in the last two week, picking up only one point out of 6.

After losing to Hamburg  last week Bayern could only muster a 0-0 draw against league strugglers Colonge. As a result they dropped to 8th in the table and are now 8 points behind join league leaders Bayer Leverkusen and Hamburg, who both added to their points tally this weekend (they now both have 20 points from 8 games)

Bayer Leverkusen thumped relegation candidates Nurberg 4-0, with goals from  Toni Kroos,  Simon Rolfes, Eren Derdiyo and the in form Stefan Kießling. Whereas Hamburg convincingly beat Hertha Berlin 3-1, with Jarolim and ‘I’ve-still-got-it’-Zé Roberto adding to an OG from Kaká. (not the real one obviously)

Ironically the top two played the bottom two this weekend with Hertha bottom and Nurberg 17th, Colonge complete the bottom three.

As from the rest… Last years champions Wolfsburg ground out a 1-1 draw with VfL Bochum needing a goal from Substitute Martins to save their blushes.

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Hamburg stay top despite being held to a 1-1 draw at Eintracht Frankfurt. Hamburg are now only top on goal difference ahead of Bayern Leverkusen.

Hamburg took the lead in the game with Ze Roberto, in fantastic form, scoring his third goal of the season. The former Bayern Munich player scored with a header after Peter Trochowski floated in a smooth free-kick and striker Mladen Petric picked out the Brazilian with a fine header.

Bayern Leverkusen missed their chance of going top by failing to score in a 0-0 draw with Wolfsburg, this allowed Bayen Munich to move within 3 points of the top spot. as they beat Nurnberg. Bayen are 3rd recoring a 2-1 victory with goals from Ivica Olic and Daniel Van Buyten.

Cologne moved off the bottom of the table with their first win of the season, beating a decent Stuttgart side away 2-0.

VfL Bochum 2 - 3 Mainz

Hannover 96 1 - 1 Borussia Dortmund

Borussia Monchengladbach 2 - 4 TSG Hoffenheim

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Hamburg SV maintain their great start to the season with a convincing 3-1 win over Stuttgart, New signing Eljero Elia, fresh from his first goal international goal in the week, put in a man of the match performance,  providing the pass for Petric’s screamer, before scoring a scorcher himself. The former FC Twente player looks like a fantastic buy. Stuttgart’s new recruit, Pavel Pogrebnyak reduced the deficit, before Ze Roberto sealed victory. FC Cologne’s season is going for bad to worse as they slummped to their 5th defeat of the season, fan’s favorite Lukas Podolski scored the opener (his first since his return). but this wasn’t enough as Schalke’s finishing payed diffidence with goals from Jefferson Farfan and Levan Kobiashvili making the score 1-2.

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Due to my heroic antics on Football Manager, I have become a fan of HSV and I am delighted to see they are top of the table. At first I was unsure about how they would fair this season. They never replaced Kompany, De Jong and Van Der Vaart last season and find themselves without top scorer Olic this season. On top of this Martin Jol had pissed off to Ajax, resulting in the appointment of inexperienced manager Bruno Labbadia.

But  I’m pleased that this season they has got off to a flyer; José Paolo Guerrero is back to his best (with 4 goals in as many games). Ze Roberto looks far from the lethargic 34 year old he is and Eljero Elia may turn out to be a shrewed bit of business.

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