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04-08-2006, 05:57 PM
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FRANKFURT, Germany -- Werder Bremen opened up the Bundesliga title race with a 3-0 thrashing of leaders Bayern Munich to complete a sorry week for Oliver Kahn.
Bayern's Bastian Schweinsteiger headed past Kahn and into his own net in the 33rd minute to hand Werder the lead and late goals from Daniel Jensen and Tim Borowski sealed their fate.
Kahn was told on Friday that arch rival Jens Lehmann would be preferred in the German goal at the World Cup finals.
Champions Bayern are still top on 66 points, followed by Bremen and Hamburg on 59, the latter with a game in hand.
Bayern still remain well placed for a 20th league title with five games left. Hamburg can cut that to four points if they win at home to Borussia Moenchengladbach on Sunday.
"I think we played well but things just didn't come off for us," said Bayern coach Felix Magath.
"An away game against Werder Bremen is one you can lose. We're still top of the table."
Kahn pulled off an excellent save in the 15th minute when he was quick to keep out a snap shot from Nelson Valdez.
Bayern gained control in midfield as the game wore on only to gift the home side the lead just past the half-hour mark.
Miroslav Klose did well to anticipate a pass into the area on the left but his cross should have been easily dealt with by Schweinsteiger.
The Germany midfielder, under a bit of pressure from Tim Borowski, attempted to head the ball out for a corner but instead left his keeper with no chance with a powerful header into the top of the net.
Bayern spent most of the rest of the game putting the Werder goal under siege. Martin Demichelis should have made it 1-1 in the 55th minute but he put a free header straight at Tim Wiese.
Two minutes later, Michael Ballack was a fraction wide with a first-time shot from 20 meters.
That was as close as Bayern came. With 10 minutes to go, Jensen tucked in his first Bundesliga goal following a pass from Klose and four minutes later Borowski stroked in from the edge of the box following a third assist of the game from Klose.
In other games, fifth-placed Hertha Berlin won 2-0 at Kaiserslautern, Bayer Leverkusen prevailed 2-1 at Borussia Dortmund, VfB Stuttgart won 1-0 over Nuremberg, Arminia Bielefeld beat Eintracht Frankfurt 1-0, Cologne defeated VfL Wolfsburg 3-0 and Mainz 05 drew 0-0 with Hanover 96.
FRANKFURT, Germany -- Werder Bremen opened up the Bundesliga title race with a 3-0 thrashing of leaders Bayern Munich to complete a sorry week for Oliver Kahn.
Bayern's Bastian Schweinsteiger headed past Kahn and into his own net in the 33rd minute to hand Werder the lead and late goals from Daniel Jensen and Tim Borowski sealed their fate.
Kahn was told on Friday that arch rival Jens Lehmann would be preferred in the German goal at the World Cup finals.
Champions Bayern are still top on 66 points, followed by Bremen and Hamburg on 59, the latter with a game in hand.
Bayern still remain well placed for a 20th league title with five games left. Hamburg can cut that to four points if they win at home to Borussia Moenchengladbach on Sunday.
"I think we played well but things just didn't come off for us," said Bayern coach Felix Magath.
"An away game against Werder Bremen is one you can lose. We're still top of the table."
Kahn pulled off an excellent save in the 15th minute when he was quick to keep out a snap shot from Nelson Valdez.
Bayern gained control in midfield as the game wore on only to gift the home side the lead just past the half-hour mark.
Miroslav Klose did well to anticipate a pass into the area on the left but his cross should have been easily dealt with by Schweinsteiger.
The Germany midfielder, under a bit of pressure from Tim Borowski, attempted to head the ball out for a corner but instead left his keeper with no chance with a powerful header into the top of the net.
Bayern spent most of the rest of the game putting the Werder goal under siege. Martin Demichelis should have made it 1-1 in the 55th minute but he put a free header straight at Tim Wiese.
Two minutes later, Michael Ballack was a fraction wide with a first-time shot from 20 meters.
That was as close as Bayern came. With 10 minutes to go, Jensen tucked in his first Bundesliga goal following a pass from Klose and four minutes later Borowski stroked in from the edge of the box following a third assist of the game from Klose.
In other games, fifth-placed Hertha Berlin won 2-0 at Kaiserslautern, Bayer Leverkusen prevailed 2-1 at Borussia Dortmund, VfB Stuttgart won 1-0 over Nuremberg, Arminia Bielefeld beat Eintracht Frankfurt 1-0, Cologne defeated VfL Wolfsburg 3-0 and Mainz 05 drew 0-0 with Hanover 96.