German Bundesliga 2011, Week 11: Podolski Leads Köln To Victory; Hamburg, Kaiserslautern Draw

Paolo Guerrero scored a goal in the 65th minute to earn a point for 10-man Hamburg.

Hamburg was reduced to ten men when Slobodan Rajkovic was shown a red card after his intentional elbow to the face of Christian Tiffert. Kaiserslautern capitalized on their advantage in the 38th minute when Konstantinos Fortounis laid back a cross from Olcay Sahan to Pierre De Wit. The midfielder put a wonderful shot into the roof of the net to give the visitors the lead.

Köln has now won their last three home games without conceding a goal. The win also puts them in 11th place on 16 points. The loss keeps Augsburg in the relegation zone and ends their two game unbeaten streak.

Podolski opened the scoring in the 19th minute when he broke down the left flank and unleashed a shot at Simon Jentzsch that the Augsburg goalkeeper couldn’t keep out of the net.

Marco Reus scored two goals for Borussia Mönchengladbach and led them to the victory over Hannover 96.

Reus put Gladbach in the lead in the 21st minute, but Hannover equalized only 5 minutes later when Emanuel Pogatetz headed home a Christian Pander cross. Reus scored the winner when he received a pass from Juan Arango and put it inside the left post.

Wolfsburg came back from two separate deficits on Saturday, but they were unable to find that magic for the third time. Hertha are taking all three points from Wolfsburg and running back to the capital.

Pierre-Michel Lasogga scored in the 85th minute to finally put away a Wolfsburg team that wouldn’t go away and give Hertha a 3-2 victory.

Reigning champion Borussia Dortmund saw their four match winning streak come to an end in Stuttgart on Saturday afternoon.

Lukasz Piszczek found the goal to bring Dortmund level just before halftime after some nice play from Mario Götze and Shinji Kagawa. Was Kagawa trying to shoot on his assist? He probably was, but they all count the same.

Schalke continued their march up the table with a victory against Hoffenheim on Saturday.

The scoring got started in the 28th minute when Julian Draxler made a good run down the left and his cross found Raul in the box. The former Spanish international saw his shot deflect off of his arm and go past Starke into the net giving Schalke the early lead.

Bayern Munich cruised to an easy 4-0 victory over Nürnberg in front of a sold out Allianz Arena to maintain their position on top of the Bundesliga.

Slight concern for Bayern late in the match when Schweinsteiger took a knock to his calf. It remains to be seen on his status for Wednesday’s Champions League clash against Napoli.

FC Bayern Munich vs 1. FC Nürnberg

FC Schalke 04 vs 1899 Hoffenheim

The win may relieve some pressure off of Leverkusen manager Robin Dutt, but his predecessor at Freiburg, Marcus Sorg, will only see the pressure on him increase. They loss prolongs their stay on the bottom of the table, and there doesn’t appear to be any relief coming in the near future.

Freiburg battled throughout the first half in an attempt to level the score. The main aggressor was Papiss Cisse. He forced Bernd Leno into several good saves, but he was unable to find the back of the net. Freiburg continued to press the attack in the second, but they took the sting out of their own attack with poor finishing.