Schalke draws level with Bayern atop Bundesliga (AP)

Saturday, April 24, 2010

FRANKFURT (AP)—Schalke kept alive a hopes of a Bundesliga title with a 1-0win during Hertha Berlin upon Saturday to lift even with leader Bayern Munich, whichstumbled to a 1-1 pull during Borussia Moenchengladbach.

Schalke eventually broke a deadlock by Heiko Westermann’s idea in the87th minute to join Bayern with 64 points from 32 rounds, yet Munich has thebetter idea difference.

“We definitely have something to applaud as well as give ourselves a pat upon theshoulders,” Schalke coach Felix Magath said.

Bayern had seen Marco Reus give Gladbach a lead after 60 minutes, butequalized in a 73rd by veteran Miroslav Klose, who had come upon as asubstitute 7 mins earlier.

“There is zero wrong. We are still leading a league,” Bayernplaymaker Arjen Robben said. “And if you win dual more games you will bechampion.”

Bayern, who binds a 1-0 advantage starting into a second leg of a ChampionsLeague semifinal opposite Lyon upon Tuesday, fool around during home opposite Bochum as well as thenat last-place Hertha Berlin in a final dual rounds.

“A feat here would have been nice, though you still have everything in ourown hands,” Bayern midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger said. “We only have towin a dual games.”

Schalke hosts Werder Bremen as well as then travels to Mainz in a remaininggames, as well as Magath pronounced he will keep anticipating for an additional slip-up by Bayern.

“I am certain which you can win opposite Bremen, as well as you will go upon to applypressure opposite Bayern, even thought you were not as clever as you would haveliked today,” Magath said.

The quarrel for third place as well as qualification for a Champions League alsoremained wide open as Bayer Leverkusen as well as Borus! sia Dort mund both grabbedvictories.

Stefan Kiessling scored his 20th as well as 21st goals of a season in leadingLeverkusen to a 3-0 win during home over Hannover. Dortmund held upon for a 3-2victory during Nuremberg thanks to a hat pretence by Lucas Barrios, though remains onepoint at a back of third-place Leverkusen.

Werder Bremen has 54 points, as well as could reclaim third place when it hostedCologne after Saturday.

In a day’s other match, American midfielder Ricardo Clark made his debutfor Eintracht Frankfurt after missing 4 months with a calf injury, playingthe full 90 mins in a 3-3 pull during Mainz.

Hertha Berlin moved closer to relegation with a loss opposite Schalke. Itis stuck in final place with 23 points, five points away from safety as well as withdifficult matches opposite Leverkusen as well as Bayern coming up.

Hannover is next-to-last with twenty-seven points, whilst Freiburg, Bochum andNuremberg all have twenty-eight points.



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