Schalke win, still remains at second

Schalke win, still remains at second

Kevin Kuranyi's goal early in the second half was enough for Schalke to beat Nurnberg 1-0 at home and continue their strong run.

Kuranyi scored the only goal of the game in the 48th minute and the Schalke defence ensured that was all they needed to run out victorious.

Felix Magath's team clinched their fourth straight win and fifth in the last six games to return to second place in the Bundesliga with 37 points, one behind leaders Bayer Leverkusen.

In-form Borussia Dortmund made it five straight wins with a topsy-turvy 3-2 victory against Cologne having looked like they had thrown the three points away.

Mats Hummel opened the scoring in the 28th minute and doubled Dortmund's lead in first-half injury time.

That remained the score going into the final 10 minutes of the Bundesliga clash and Kevin McKenna's 82nd-minute strike looked nothing more than a consolation.

Youssef Mohamad then equalised with two minutes left only for Kevin Grosskreutz to pop up in injury time and seal the victory for his side.

Leverkusen beat Mainz 4-2 on Saturday to ensure Bayern Munich's stay at the top was a short one.

Bayern beat Hoffenheim 2-0 on Friday night to go to the summit for the first time since May 2008, but the writing was on the wall for them as Leverkusen recovered from going a goal down to lead 3-1 by the half-hour mark.

Tim Hoogland put the visitors into a surprise lead after eight minutes, but Leverkusen hit back with goals from Michal Kadlec (15), Tranquillo Barnetta (19) and Toni Kroos (30).

Niko Bungert pulled one back for Mainz after 67 minutes but Eren Derdiyok settled home nerves with a fourth two minutes from time.

Hamburg kept pace with the leaders with a 2-0 victory at home over Freiburg.

Marcell Jansen opened the scoring in the seventh minute and Mladen Petric made it 2-0 after 55 minutes.

Basement boys Hertha Berlin picked up only their second victory of the season by completing the double over Hannover with a 3-0 victory to end a 16-match winless streak.

Lukasz Piszczek and Raffael netted within three minutes to make it 2-0 after 33 minutes, with Theofanis Gekas rounding off the scoring 10 minutes from time.

The result would have been even worse for the home side had Florian Fromlowitz not saved a late Cicero penalty.

Stuttgart moved out of the relegation zone thanks to a 3-1 victory over champions Wolfsburg.

Roberto Hilbert put the Swabians ahead in the 28th minute and they seemed to be cruising when Pavel Pogrebnyak added a second in the 58th minute.

Edin Dzeko reduced the arrears in the 65th minute and the Wolves missed a hatful of chances to level before Timo Gebhardt sealed the win in the 87th minute.

Bochum earned a vital victory in their fight against relegation as they held on for 2-1 victory at Borussia Monchengladbach.

Stanislav Sestak gave Bochum the lead in the 12th minute and Zlatko Dedic doubled their advantage nine minutes before the break.

Fabian Backer pulled a goal back for the home side in the 80th minute, but they could not find equaliser.

Marco Russ' 57th-minute goal was enough to give Eintracht Frankfurt a 1-0 victory as Frankfurt completed the double over Werder Bremen for the first time since the 1989/90 season.