Schalke and Hamburg draw 3-3

Oct 25, 2009 - 7:08 PM By NESHA STARCEVIC AP Sports Writer

FRANKFURT(AP) -- Hamburger SV battled with 10 men to draw 3-3 at Schalke on Sunday and go level on points with Bundesliga leader Bayer Leverkusen.

Leverkusen, which like second-place Hamburg is unbeaten in the league, drew 1-1 with Borussia Dortmund on Friday and stays top on goal difference. Both teams have 22 points.

In other games Sunday, Werder Bremen rallied for a 4-1 win in Bochum and bottom-place Hertha Berlin ended an eight-game losing streak by holding champion Wolfsburg to a 0-0 draw. Bremen moved above Schalke into third place.

Hamburg led 2-0 and 3-2 but Kevin Kuranyi scored his second goal of the match in the 90th minute to earn a draw for Felix Magath's team.

Gerald Asamoah could have won the game for Schalke in injury time but he directed his diving header straight at Hamburg goalkeeper Frank Rost.

Schalke held the early initiative with Kuranyi and Jefferson Farfan coming close before Hamburg went ahead through Marcus Berg in the 27th minute after Eljero Elia's run down the left flank.

Piotr Trochowski doubled the lead in the final minute of the first half when he struck the ball inside the far post from a free kick from nearly 30 meters (yards).

Jonathan Pitroipa wasted a great chance for Hamburg to go three goals up early in the second half and Kuranyi reduced the score when he rose above Guy Demel to meet a cross from Rafinha with a perfectly timed header.

Schalke equalized after Hamburg defender David Rozehnal earned a red card for bringing down Kuranyi as the striker charged alone towards the goal in the 62nd minute.

Marcelo Bordon took the resulting free kick and fired in a powerful drive which Rost touched onto the crossbar, only for Lukas Schmitz to head home the rebound.

Berg appeared to have won the match for Hamburg when collected a perfect pass from Ze Roberto for his second goal in the 80th minute.

However, Kuranyi equalized in the final minute with his second of the day, following a cross by Heiko Westermann.

In Bochum, Stanislav Sestak hit the target less than a full minute into the game and Bochum also twice struck the woodwork. But the visiting team took control after that, with Aaron Hunt, Marko Marin, Tim Borowski and Mesut Oezil scoring for Bremen. Marin scored his first goal for Bremen - following a pass by Hunt - since joining the club from Borussia Moenchengladbach in the offseason.

Hertha had the better chances and nearly upset Wolfsburg, which was playing without Grafite after the striker was granted a short vacation to his native Brazil in an attempt to get him out of a scoring slump.

Edin Dzeko had a good effort stopped by Jaroslav Drobny, the Hertha goalkeeper who returned after a five-week absence due to a thigh injury.

Dzeko also shot wide, but the finish belonged to Hertha. Wolfsburg's goalkeeper Diego Benaglio made a good save from Gojko Kacar before Adrian Ramos hit the post.

The point was the first for new Hertha coach Friedhelm Funkel, who replaced Lucen Favre three weeks ago.

Wolfsburg is now seventh.

On Saturday, Daniel van Buyten scored a late winner as Bayern Munich came from behind to beat Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1.

Bayern's Arjen Robben came off the bench three weeks after undergoing knee surgery to equalize after Alexander Meier had put Frankfurt ahead.

Stuttgart fell to its fifth defeat in six games, losing 1-0 at Hannover and increasing the pressure on coach Markus Babbel.

In other games, Hoffenheim defeated Nuremberg 3-0, Mainz beat fellow promoted side Freiburg 3-0 and Cologne drew 0-0 at Borussia Moenchengladbach.