David Alaba scored a beautiful goal as Bayern Munich pulled level with second place Borussia Monchengladbach, but the pair sit nine points back of outstanding Borussia Dortmund.
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Meanwhile, Stuttgart and Augsburg both moved away from the Bottom Three on Saturday in Germany.
Borussia Dortmund 2-1 Werder Bremen
Paco Alcacer scored his 11th goal of the Bundesliga season to make it 1-0 in the 19th minute. He’s scored in eight of 10 league matches this season, and has a goal in the Champions League as well.
Marco Reus would double BVB’s advantage seven minutes later, but Max Kruse put the difference back to one by halftime.
Americans Christian Pulisic (BVB) and Josh Sargent (Bremen) began the match on the bench, with Sargent coming on for the final seven minutes and Pulisic in the 89th. Sargent was shown a yellow card.
Hannover 96 0-4 Bayern Munich
There were four different scorers for the visitors, but David Alaba’s wonder strike stands as the clear highlight.
The Austrian laid into a half-volley atop the 18, smashing the 29th minute effort toward the upper 90.
Hannover keeper Michael Esser saw the ball rocket off his fingers, as Alaba scored the second goal for Bayern. Joshua Kimmich opened the soring in the 2nd minute, and both Serge Gnabry and Robert Lewandowski also found the scoresheet.
Elsewhere
Nurnberg 0-2 Wolfsburg — Friday
Stuttgart 2-1 Hertha Berlin
Augsburg 1-1 Schalke
Fortuna Dusseldorf 2-0 Freiburg
Hoffenheim 0-0 Borussia Monchengladbach
RB Leipzig vs. Mainz — 9:30 a.m. ET Sunday
Eintracht Frankfurt vs. Bayer Leverkusen — Noon ET Sunday
STANDINGS
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Home | Away | PTS |
| Borussia Dortmund | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 15 | 26 | 7-1-0 | 5-2-0 | 39 |
| Mönchengladbach | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 17 | 7-0-0 | 2-3-3 | 30 |
| Bayern Munich | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 18 | 14 | 3-3-1 | 6-0-2 | 30 |
| RB Leipzig | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 5-2-0 | 2-2-3 | 25 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 17 | 13 | 3-1-2 | 4-1-3 | 23 |
| 1899 Hoffenheim | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 9 | 3-3-2 | 3-2-2 | 23 |
| Hertha BSC Berlin | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 4-2-1 | 2-3-3 | 23 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 2-3-3 | 4-1-2 | 22 |
| Werder Bremen | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 3-2-3 | 3-1-3 | 21 |
| FSV Mainz 05 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 3-3-2 | 2-1-3 | 19 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 25 | -5 | 3-1-3 | 2-2-3 | 18 |
| SC Freiburg | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 24 | -5 | 3-3-2 | 1-2-4 | 17 |
| FC Schalke 04 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 21 | -5 | 3-0-4 | 1-3-4 | 15 |
| FC Augsburg | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 24 | -3 | 1-4-2 | 2-1-5 | 14 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 30 | -19 | 3-1-3 | 1-1-6 | 14 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 32 | -16 | 3-0-5 | 0-3-4 | 12 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 35 | -21 | 2-3-3 | 0-2-5 | 11 |
| Hannover 96 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 33 | -17 | 2-1-4 | 0-3-5 | 10 |
