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Werder Bremen climbed to the top of the Bundesliga standings with a spectacular 5-3 victory over VfL Wolfsburg on Sunday.
Prolific Brazilian striker Ailton paved the way for Werder's win with two first-half strikes, while French midfielder Johan Micoud orchestrated play brilliantly and scored a goal.
The northerners move a point ahead of VfB Stuttgart, who remained undefeated eight games into the season but were held to a 0-0 draw by bottom club Cologne on Saturday and are now third. Ticketmaster
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Bayer Leverkusen climbed to second, level on points with Werder, by scoring
three times in the last 20 minutes to beat lowly Hansa Rostock 3-0 in Sunday's
other match.
Argentine defender Diego Placente, Bulgarian striker Dimitar Berbatov and midfielder Daniel Bierofka scored for Leverkusen, who have won all four of their homes games this season. Ticketmaster
It was a special occasion for Leverkusen's Germany defender Jens Nowotny, who played his first match since last January after recovering from a career-threatening knee injury.
Dutch striker Roy Makaay scored one goal and set up another to help Bayern Munich crush strugglers Hertha Berlin 4-1 on Saturday. The champions are in fourth place, two points off the pace.