Leaders Bayern Munich demolished Schalke 04 4-0 with two goals from Austria international David Alaba to keep their title ...
charge on track and open a 15-point gap at the top of the Bundesliga on Saturday. Left back Alaba scored either side of a sensational Bastian Schweinsteiger free kick with Mario Gomez, starting ahead of top scorer Mario Mandzukic, drilling in the fourth as Bayern made it four straight wins this year without conceding a goal.
== EMBARGOED UNTIL 2300 GMT == Bayern Munich thrash Schalke 4-0 as Borussia Dortmund slump to 4-1 home defeat and Bayer Leverkusen held by Monchengladbach SHOWS: MUNICH, GERMANY (FEBRUARY 9, 2013)(SPORTMAN MEDIA GROUP - SEE RESTRICTIONS ABOVE) BAYERN MUNICH (RED) V SCHALKE 04 (WHITE) 1. PLAYERS WALK OUT AT ALLIANZ ARENA 2. PENALTY TO BAYERN AS FRANCK RIBERY (7) FOULED IN THE PENALTY AREA BY MARCO HOGER (12) 3. DAVID ALABA (27) SCORES THE PENALTY ON 19 MINUTES. BAYERN LEAD 1-0 4. BASTIAN SCHWEINSTEIGER (31) SCORES A FREEKICK ON 32 MINUTES. BAYERN LEAD 2-0 5. ALABA SCORES FOR BAYERN MUNICH AFTER A PASS BY MARIO GOMEZ ON 51 MINUTES. BAYERN LEAD 3-0. 6. MARIO GOMEZ (33) SCORES FOR BAYERN MUNICH ON 63 MINUTES AFTER A PASS BY ARJEN ROBBEN (10). BAYERN LEAD 4-0. DORTMUND, GERMANY (FEBRUARY 9, 2013)(SPORTMAN MEDIA GROUP - SEE RESTRICTIONS ABOVE) 7. BORUSSIA DORTMUND (YELLOW SHIRTS) V HAMBURG SV 8. HAMBURG'S HEIKO WESTERMANN (4) HESITATES AS LONG BALL PLAYED OVER DEFENCE, ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI (9) COLLECTS IT AND SCORES. DORTMUND LEAD 1-0 9. MARCELL JANSEN (7) OF HAMBURG PASSES TO DENNIS AOGO (6) WHOSE CROSS IS MET BY ARTOMS RUDNEVS (10) WHO SCORES. SCORES LEVEL AT 1-1 10. HAMBURG'S SON HEUNG-MIN CUTS IN FROM THE RIGHT AND SCORES WITH A SHOT FROM DISTANCE. HAMBURG LEAD 2-1 11. SLOW MOTION REPLAY OF LEWANDOWSKI AND PER SKJELBRED (25) CLASH 12. LEWANDOWSKI IS SENT OFF 13. DORTMIND COACH JUERGEN KLOPP 14. DORTMUND'S MARCO REUS (11) IS BROUGHT DOWN BY HAMBURG DEFENDER JEFFREY BRUMA (5) 15. BRUMA IS SENT OFF 16. VAN DER VAART CROSSES TO THE FAR POST WHERE RUDNEVS HEADS IN. HAMBURG LEAD 3-1 17. JANSEN CROSSES FOR SON HEUNG-MIN WHO SCORES. HAMBURG LEAD 4-1 MOENCHENGLADBACH, GERMANY (FEBRUARY 9, 2013)(SPORTMAN MEDIA GROUP - SEE RESTRICTIONS ABOVE) BORUSSIA MOENCHENGLADBACH (WHITE SHIRTS) V BAYER LEVERKUSEN 18. MARTIN STRANZL (39) HEADS IN FROM A CORNER TAKEN BY HAVARD NORDTVEIT (16). BORUSSIA LEAD 1-0 19. LEVERKUSEN'S SIDNEY SAM EXCHANGES PASSES WITH STEFAN KIESSLING (11) AND SCORES WITH A CURLING SHOT. SCORES LEVEL AT 1-1 20. JUAN ARANGO (18) OF BORUSSIA CROSSES FOR LUUK DE JONG (9). BORUSSIA LEAD 2-1 21. SEBASTIAN BOENISCH (17) FINDS KIESSLING UNMARKED IN THE PENALTY AREA FOR A TAP IN. SCORES LEVEL AT 2-2 22. GONZALO CASTRO THROUGH BALL TO ANDRE SCHURRLE (9) WHO SCORES. LEVERKUSEN LEAD 3-2 23. BORUSSIA'S PATRICK HERRMANN (7) HEADS IN ROEL BROUWERS (4) CROSS. SCORES LEVEL AT 3-3 STORY: Leaders Bayern Munich demolished Schalke 04 4-0 with two goals from Austria international David Alaba to keep their title charge on track and open a 15-point gap at the top of the Bundesliga on Saturday. Left back Alaba scored either side of a sensational Bastian Schweinsteiger free kick with Mario Gomez, starting ahead of top scorer Mario Mandzukic, drilling in the fourth as Bayern made it four straight wins this year without conceding a goal. In another impressive display of fluid, attacking football, Bayern outplayed Schalke, launching an avalanche of pressure from the start and missing several other clear chances as they chase their first title after two failed campaigns. Bayern move on to 54 points with their 17th win in 21 league games while fellow Champions League competitors Schalke, badly missing a string of injured players and having notched only one win in their last 10 games, dropped to ninth. Second-placed champions Borussia Dortmund suffered a surprise 4-1 drubbing at the hands of visiting Hamburg SV to remain on 39 points while Bayer Leverkusen conceded a late goal to draw 3-3 with Borussia Moenchengladbach and stay third on 38. Dortmund took an early lead when Robert Lewandoski took advantage of a mistake at the back by Hamburg, but the vistors hit back to take the lead with goals from Artmos Rudnevs and Son Heung Min. Lewandoski turned villain when he was sent off for a rash challenge on Per Skjelbred during the first half, and although Hamburg's Jeffrey Bruma saw red 30 minutes later, it didn't stop his team extending their advantage through second half strikes from Rudnevs and Heung-Min. In a thrilling battle in Moenchengladbach, the hosts twice led only to be pegged back by Leverkusen. Andre Schurrle then gave the visitors the lead, but Patrick Herrmann rescued a point with five minutes to go.
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