Mainz beat Nuremberg to cut Dortmund lead to four points
Posted Saturday, November 27, 2010 by YAHOO Sport
BERLIN, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Second-placed Mainz enjoyed a 3-0 win over Nuremberg on Friday to cut Borussia Dortmund’s lead at the top of the Bundesliga to four points.
Goals from Andre Schuerrle, Nikolce Noveski and Sami Allagui moved Mainz on to 30 points from 14 games, with Dortmund hosting bottom team Borussia Moenchengladbach on Saturday.
Mainz did not have many chances in an evenly balanced first half but they caught Nuremberg’s defence napping when Schuerrle tapped in from close range in the 27th minute for the lead.
The visitors almost levelled three minutes after the restart when Ilkay Gundogan thundered a drive just over the bar.
However, soon after Christian Fuchs again turned provider, the Austrian whipping a low free kick from the left into the box for Noveski to slide home from close range to grab his first goal of the season in the 54th.
Nuremberg went close again when Jense Hegeler’s header hit the bar in the 72nd before Mainz sealed the win as Allagui was picked out by goalkeeper Christian Wetklo.
The substitute clipped the ball over a defender and then chipped visiting keeper Raphael Schaefer for his third goal in two games four minutes from time.
Nuremberg have now lost three games in a row to drop to 10th on 18 points and, with a tough schedule until the winter break against Dortmund, Hoffenheim and Hanover, they could lose even more ground after a good start to the season.
On Saturday, third-pHlaced Bayer Leverkusen, on 25 points, travel to fifth-placed Hoffenheim while struggling champions Bayern Munich, in eighth, host Eintracht Frankfurt.
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