Oct 5, 2008 - 2:09 PM
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Martin Jol's Hamburg returned to the summit of the Bundesliga on Sunday after Mladen Petric's last-gasp strike secured a 2-1 win at battling Energie Cottbus.
Ivica Olic fired Hamburg in front after 54 minutes while Branko Jelic's 74th-minute leveller looked to have secured a point for the hosts before Petric popped up at the death.
The victory moved Hamburg onto 16 points, three ahead of Bundesliga surprise package Hoffenheim.
In Gelsenkirchen, Kevin Kuranyi ended his scoring drought with a long-overdue brace to secure Schalke a battling draw at home to 10-man Wolfsburg.
Kuranyi had not scored in seven weeks but finally found the back of the net in the 20th minute to open the scoring.
Goals from Edin Dzeko (51) and Caiuby (66) put Wolfsburg in front but the visitors' task was made harder by the dismissal of Ricardo Costa for a professional foul in the area after 72 minutes.
Diego Benaglio saved Rafinha's resulting spot-kick, but Kuranyi had the last laugh for the hosts with his second of the match three minutes into injury time.
The point moves Schalke onto 12 points, four points behind Hamburg, while Wolfsburg are ninth on 10 points.
In the Sunday's final game, Borussia Dortmund were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Hannover.
Nelson Valdez put the hosts in front after 10 minutes but former Chelsea striker Mikael Forssell leveled for Hannover just 15 minutes later.
On Saturday, Bochum stunned Bayern Munich with two late goals to rescue a point from a 3-3 draw and pile the pressure on Bayern coach Jurgen Klinsmann.
Bayern came into the game after two straight defeats in the league had seen them drop down the table, and Bayern president Franz Beckenbauer demanded a response from Klinsmann and his team.
Bayern cruised toward a 3-1 victory but Christoph Dabrowski got a goal back for Bochum in the 83rd minute before Dennis Grote struck the equalizer five minutes from time.
Ze Roberto thought he had set his team on course for victory with goals in the 45th and 68th minutes.
Earlier, Bochum's Sinan Kaloglu scored in the 29th minute to cancel out Daniel van Buyten's opener.
Hoffenheim moved into top spot for 24 hours after Bayer Leverkusen lost at home to Hertha Berlin and they heaped misery on under-fire Eintracht Frankfurt coach Friedhelm Funkel with a 2-1 victory.
Demba Ba opened the scoring for Hoffenheim in the 47th minute and although Markus Steinhofer equalized in the 66th minute, Ba grabbed the winner five minutes later.
An 89th-minute strike from Andriy Voronin was enough for Hertha to defeat Leverkusen, 1-0.
Stuttgart are level on points and goal difference with Hoffenheim after it thrashed Werder Bremen, 4-1.
Sami Khedira opened the scoring in the 18th minute and Christian Trasch doubled the lead just before the half-hour mark.
Roberto Hilbert made it three just after the hour mark, and although Diego got a goal back for Werder, it was Stuttgart who had the last word through Martin Lanig's late strike.
Borussia Monchengladbach lost, 2-1, at home to Cologne in a derby match that spelled the end for coach Jos Luhukay, who parted company with Gladbach on Sunday.
There was speculation before the match that Luhukay was facing the sack, and Milivoje Novakovic's winner for the visitors two minutes from time sealed his fate.
Cologne had taken the lead through Fabrice Ehret in the fifth minute before Roel Brouwers equalized for Gladbach after 10 minutes.
The result left Gladbach bottom in the Bundesliga with three points from seven games.
