Energie Cottbus beat Bayern

FC Energie Cottbus caused the sensation of the German season when they became only the second team to defeat FC Bayern München in the Bundesliga this term, Serbian striker Branko Jelić scoring twice without reply at the Stadion der Freundschaft.

Missed penalty
Energie started the day at the foot of the table, 33 points adrift of a Bayern team seemingly steamrollering their way to the title, but ripped up the form book to climb three places and out of the drop zone. Jelić, 30, opened the scoring after 18 minutes, although it looked like being business as usual when Bayern were awarded a penalty on 29. Gerhard Tremmel saved Franck Ribéry's spot-kick, however, and Jelić doubled the lead soon after to seal the victory for Energie who move on to 20 points from 24 outings.

Duisburg bottom
MSV Duisburg are now propping up the rest on 18 points following last night's 2-1 defeat at FC Schalke 04, level with 1. FC Nürnberg who meet fourth-placed Bayer 04 Leverkusen on Sunday. Like Energie, DSC Arminia Bielefeld have 20 points after drawing 2-2 at Hannover 96 today, while FC Hansa Rostock, on 24, remain in the scrap in the wake of their scoreless home draw against Hertha BSC Berlin.

Hamburg close
At the top of the table, Bayern's lead was cut to five points as Hamburger SV beat BV Borussia Dortmund thanks to José Paolo Guerrero's 63rd-minute winner. Werder Bremen can erode that advantage further by beating VfL Wolfsburg at home on Sunday. In the fight for UEFA Cup qualification, the sixth-placed champions VfB Stuttgart drew 1-1 at VfL Bochum 1848 to move on to 38 points, a place and two points clear of Eintracht Frankfurt for whom Michael Fink scored the only goal in the win at Karlsruher SC.