Bundesliga, Matchday 2: Hoffenheim Stun Dortmund, Leverkusen Beat Bremen Late

After a scintillating week one performance and relative malaise for the other teams who might be able to challenge for the title, it looked like Borussia Dortmund would cruise to a second consecutive Bundesliga crown. They still very well might, but they had their first hiccup of the season at Hoffenheim on Saturday. Meanwhile. Bayern Munich grabbed full points to give Dortmund a push as the thought of a close Bundesliga race begins to take shape.

A team that has flown below the radar but is continuing to make a case to be considered among the challengers for the crown is Schalke, who was very impressive on Saturday as they destroyed Cologne. All of a sudden it looks like the title race is wide open and why not Schalke? Unlike the other challengers they don’t have to fight in the Champions League, leaving them stronger to make a run at the league crowd and with Klaas-Jan Huntelaar in the kind of form that he is in now it will be difficult for anyone to keep Schalke from getting goals.