Leverkusen, Hoffenheim win to set pace in Bundesliga

Leverkusen, Hoffenheim win to set pace in Bundesliga

BERLIN, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- Leverkusen and Hoffenheim both won to extend their joint lead in German Bundesliga table on Saturday.

Leverkusen held on with 10 men to edge Schalke 2-1 and Hoffenheim beat Wolfsburg 3-2.

Bayern Munich conceded two late goals in a 2-2 draw at lowly Borussia Moenchengladbach to lose ground.

American midfielder Michael Bradley headed in his first Bundesliga goal for the equalizer in Moenchengladbach, where the home team rallied with two goals in two minutes to stun the defending champion, which fell three points behind leaders.

After 13 games, Leverkusen leads on goal difference over Hoffenheim with both teams on 28 points. Bayern has 25.

Hertha Berlin came from behind to beat Hamburger SV 2-1 and moved into fourth with 24.

Phillipp Lahm returned from a three-week absence because of a foot injury to set up Toni for Bayern's first goal in the 21st minute. Lahm charged down the left side and then passed back to Toni, who knocked the ball in for his second goal in as many games after coming back from a rib injury.

Hoffenheim's Vedad Ibisevic brought his season total to a league-high 14 goals when his shot was deflected into Wolfsburg's net after a good pass from Chinedu Obase.

In Dortmund, central defender Neven Subotic scored twice to help Borussia Dortmund rout injury-depleted Eintracht Frankfurt 4-0.

Branko Jelic came off the bench to score 10 minutes from time with another overhead shot and give bottom-place Energie Cottbus its first home win, a 1-0 victory over Karlsruhe.

Stuttgart was held to a 0-0 draw at home by Arminia Bielefeld.