Bremen edge 5-goal thriller
Werder Bremen edged a five-goal thriller with Hertha Berlin 3-2 as all the goals came in just over half an hour in the second period.
There was little to write home about in the first half with just one noteworthy chance for each side.
Hertha's Max Nicu saw his powerful shot saved by Bremen goalkeeper Tim Wiese after 20 minutes, while at the other end Mesut Ozil hit the post when left with just keeper Jaroslav Drobny to beat.
Matters improved markedly in the second half and Bremen took the lead 12 minutes after the interval.
Ozil this time made no mistake when a 30-metre run left him alone with the goalkeeper again, keeping his cool to beat Drobny from close range.
Wiese then suffered an injury on the hour mark and had to be replaced by Christian Vander, but the visitors doubled their lead on 74 minutes.
Drobny failed to cling onto a shot from Torsten Frings and Tim Borowski was on hand to collect the rebound and fire home from six yards.
Three minutes later Hertha got back into the game when Lukasz Piszczek fired home a free-kick from 20 yards.
But Bremen effectively secured all three points soon after when Naldo headed home their third goal from a corner.
There was still time for Patrik Ebert to reduce the deficit with a brilliant long-range effort, but Hertha were unable to find an equaliser in injury time as Bremen held on for the win.
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