Kaiserslautern emerged from a feisty encounter that saw both sides lose a man to emerge with a shock 2-1 victory over Schalke. After an end-to-end first half, Schalke keeper Ralf Fahrmann received his marching orders for felling the onrushing Dorge Kouemaha, leaving Christian Tiffert to put the visitors ahead. Shalke fought back following the loss of the goalkeeper, however. Jermaine Jones, on as a half-time substitute for Lewis Holtby, forced a spectacular save from Kevin Trapp with a ferocious effort, before Schalke were awarded a penalty of their own. Rodnei pulled back Jose Jurado, receiving a red card in the process, leaving Klaas-Jan Huntelaar to level the score. But with less than 20 minutes remaining, Kouemaha put the visitors back in front, sending a looping header over Lars Unnerstall. The Cameroonian’s strike proved enough for his side to come away from Gelsenkirchen with the unlikeliest of victories, and one that sees them rise to 14th – out of the relegation zone.
Andre Schurrle struck a leveller for Bayer Leverkusen to give them a 2-2 draw away to Borussia Monchengladbach this afternoon. Sidney Sam spurned a great chance for the visitors, but last season's runners-up weren't made to wait long for the breakthrough, with Stefan Reinartz tapping the resulting corner home from close range. The goal, however, only served as inspiration for the hosts, who came back with a volley of chances, with Marco Reus eventually getting his side back on level terms after rounding the keeper after 65 minutes. Things went from bad to worse for Leverkusen, with Gonzalo Castro receiving his marching orders, and Patrick Herrmann then put the hosts back in front with a deft chip into the net. It looked as though Leverkusen would be heading for their fourth defeat of the season, but in the dying minutes, Andre Schurrle netted a spectacular equaliser with a 20-yard screamer that flew into the top corner.
A goal in each half from Lukas Podolski was enough for Koln to defeat Hannover, who suffered their second defeat of the season in the RheinEnergieStadion clash. Podolski opened the scoring half way through the first period with a sublime free-kick which beat the sprawling Ron-Robert Zieler. Koln had chances to add to their lead, and Stale Solbakken’s men were almost punished for their wastefulness with 20 minutes remaining.Lars Stindl pulled the ball back to Sergio Pinto who drove the ball home from the edge of the box, only to see the lineman controversially rule the strike out for offside. Podolski made the points safe with five minutes remaining with a fierce left-footed strike after a partially-cleared corner, ensuring the hosts closed the gap on their opponents to just two points.
Results from the ninth round of the Bundesliga (home team listed first) :
Friday's Game Werder Bremen vs Borussia Dortmund 0 - 2 Saturday's Games Bayern Munich vs Hertha Berlin 4 - 0 Mainz 05 vs Augsburg 0 - 1 Stuttgart vs Hoffenheim 2 - 0 Wolfsburg vs Nuremberg 2 - 1 Borussia M'gladbach vs Bayer Leverkusen 2 - 2 Schalke vs Kaiserslautern 1 - 2 Sunday's Games Freiburg vs Hamburger SV 1 - 2 Cologne vs Hannover 96 2 - 0
