Bundesliga 2012, Week 10: Bremen, Leverkusen win on Sunday

It took them most of the first half to make the breakthrough, but when Bayern scored they did so in rather spectacular fashion. Kroos was able to get onto the end of a wonderful header from Mueller, and although Rene Adler forced the midfielder away from goal, the threat wasn’t over. Schweinsteiger, anticipating a far-post cross, had stolen in unmarked, and a diving header enabled him to power Kroos’ beautifully-weighted cross past Adler for the opening goal.

Kroos got the goal his performance merited a few minutes later, and from then on it was calm sailing for Bayern. Hamburg had zero chance of erasing a three-goal deficit, and everyone knew it. It was just a matter of seeing out the rest of the match and returning to Munich with three points. Easy enough.

We were treated to midweek matches in the DFB Pokal this week, and Bundesliga clubs dominated play. Aside from the one match that featured two Bundesliga clubs, no top flight club was eliminated. Coming after a first round where a record six were knocked out, the second round matches will be a relief to a majority of clubs.

This weekend, the two big matches to keep a close eye on take place in Dortmund and Hamburg where Borussia Dortmund host Stuttgart and Hamburg host Bayern Munich.