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Summary Borussia Dortmund beat Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 to maintain their lead over Bayern Munich.
Borussia Dortmund maintained a two-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga with a 1-0 win at home to Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday as title rivals Bayern Munich beat Kaiserslautern 2-0 to keep pace. Dortmund scored on the stroke of halftime when Japan international Shinji Kagawa shook off two defenders with a fine solo run and slotted the ball home with a clever left-foot shot from a tight angle.Leverkusen keeper Bernd Leno spared the blushes of Stefan Kiessling with an acrobatic save to keep out a goalbound defensive header from Jakub Blaszczykowskis freekick.The champions, who have won all four of their Bundesliga games this year without injured playmaker Mario Goetze, are now unbeaten in 15 straight league games since early September.The result lifted Dortmund to 46 points from 21 games, still two ahead of Bayern, with Leverkusen stuck in sixth place on 31 and looking lacklustre ahead of their Champions League round of 16 first leg against Barcelona on Tuesday.In Munich, Franck Ribery was the provider as Bundesliga top scorer Mario Gomez headed Bayern into a sixth minute lead with his 18th league goal of the season.Thomas Mueller rose above the defence to add a second with a powerful header on the half-hour.The Bavarians, who also reached the German Cup semi-finals in midweek and are also still in the Champions league, seem to have recovered from an erratic start to the year following one win in their previous three games.Surprise package Borussia Moenchengladbach moved above visitors Schalke 04 into third on 43 points after taking themapart in a 3-0 win.Marco Reus opened the scoring in the second minute, twisting his way past two markers and swivelling to drill a low shot past the right hand of visiting goalkeeper Lars Unnerstall.Mike Hanke doubled the lead in the 15th minute, curling in a right footed shot after a brilliant exchange of passes with Patrick Herrmann and Venezuelas Juan Arango, who then made it 3-0 after a 25 metre freekick on 31 minutes.The result leaves Schalke fourth with 41 points.
