Werder Bremen vs SC Freiburg: Bundesliga

Hugo Almeida’s strike with 17 minutes remaining saw Werder Bremen edge past Freiburg in their Bundesliga encounter at the Weserstadion. Aaron Hunt had given the the hosts the lead just after the half-hour mark with a powerful low shot but Julian Schuster got the visitors back into the game in the 62nd minute. However, Thomas Schaaf’s side were not to be denied as striker Almeida coolly tapped home the winner in the 73rd minute.

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Wolfsburg vs Bayer Leverkusen Highlights: Bundesliga

Substitute Simon Rolfes struck twice as Bayer Leverkusen staged a remarkable comeback victory against Wolfsburg with three goals in the final 18 minutes at the VW-Arena. Steve McClaren’s side had led 2-0 when Grafite struck in the 68th minute after fellow Brazilian Diego’s ninth-minute opener.

But Leverkusen were level just seven minutes later as Germany international Rolfes netted three minutes before Arturo Vidal’s 75th-minute penalty. Rolfes, who had only come on as a 70th-minute replacement, then completed the dramatic comeback with his second goal eight minutes from the end. Leverkusen’s success extended their unbeaten run to six games and moved them up to third in the Bundesliga table, while Wolfsburg slipped into the bottom half.

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Bayern Munich vs Hannover Highlights

Mario Gomez scored a hat-trick to give injury-striken Bayern Munich a convincing home win as they returned to winning ways. Gomez, who had not scored since February, struck in the 21st, 77th and 90th minutes as Munich ended a two-game losing run.

Bayern coach Louis van Gaal came into the game with serious injury concerns, with the likes of captain Mark van Bommel, Franck Ribery, Miroslav Klose, Ivica Olic and Daniel van Buyten missing while Bastian Schweinsteiger started the game on as a substitute.

Both teams started the game with attacking football but neither could create a clear-cut chance. Bayern, however, grabbed the lead on the counter-attack in the 21st minute. Hamit Altintop’s cross from the right side was headed home by Gomez from 10 yards out just inside the right post for his first goal in more than 12 matches.

Van Gaal’s men dominated mostly in the first half, though they hardly tested Florian Fromlowitz’s goal. Gomez set up another Bayern chance in the 53rd minute as he teed up a charging Toni Kroos, whose shot was easily saved by Fromlowitz. Hannover nearly equalized in the 61st minute but Mike Hanke’s shot from more than 20 yards went just wide of the right-hand post.

Gomez scored his second goal in the 77th minute though he appeared to have handled the ball in midfield before receiving the ball in the area, twice tricking past Christian Schulz and then beating Fromlowitz. And finally the Germany striker headed home his hat-trick in the 90th minute.

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Schalke 04 vs Benfica Highlights: Champions League

Schalke scored twice in the final 17 minutes to score their first home win of the season against Champions League Group B rivals Benfica.

The Royal Blues had looked like they would endure another frustrating evening at the AufSchalke Arena until their Peru forward Jefferson Farfan put them ahead in the 73rd minute.

Summer signing Klaas-Jan Huntelaar then added a second five minutes from the end to continue the Gelsenkirchen club’s recent revival.

Schalke are now unbeaten in their past three games in all competitions, with Huntelaar scoring in all of those, in a run which ended their horrendous five-game losing sequence.

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