Bundesliga round-up

Borussia Dortmund joined Bayern Munich and Schalke at the top of the Bundesliga thanks to a 5-1 thrashing of Hamburg.

Dortmund level at the top

Borussia Dortmund joined Bayern Munich and Schalke at the top of the Bundesliga thanks to a 5-1 thrashing of Hamburg. Dortmund went ahead just 15 minutes in at the Volksparkstadion with Kevin Grosskreutz firing home. Polish duo Robert Lewandowski and Jakub Blaszczykowski then took charge as they both claimed braces. Jose Paolo Guerrero added nothing more than a late consolation for the home side. Meanwhile, Bayer Leverkusen closed to within one-point of fifth placed Werder Bremen after a hard fought 3-2 home win over Mainz. Bayer raced into a 2-0 lead at the break courtesy of Manuel Friedrich and a Zdenek Pospech own-goal. But Mainz battled back and were level within ten-minutes of the restart through Eugen Polanski and Marco Caligiuri. However, with 20-minutes left Bayer sealed the win with Lars Bender on target.