Eurosport - Sun, 02 Sep 19:06:00 2007
Champions Stuttgart suffered a 1-0 defeat at local rivals Karlsruhe, while Hamburg ended Bayern Munich's perfect start to the season by holding the Bundesliga leaders to a 1-1 draw.
Miroslav Klose scored his 100th Bundesliga goal to give Bayern a second-half lead against Hamburg but the home side forced an equaliser through Mohamed Zidan three minutes from time.
Bayern continue to lead the standings with 10 points from four matches, followed by a group of five teams, including Hamburg and Werder Bremen, on seven.
Stuttgart are down in 15th place, just one spot above the relegation zone, with four points from four games.
Hamburg deserved their late equaliser against Bayern after attacking relentlessly, despite the absence of their Dutch playmaker Rafael van der Vaart.
Ivica Olic and Piotr Trochowski controlled the midfield for Hamburg, while an off day for a scarcely fit Franck Ribery meant Bayern were lacking their usual spark in attack.
Bayern did not have a single clear chance until Christian Lell made space on the right and fired a cross into the middle with 20 minutes to go.
With the defence asleep it dropped straight to Klose and the Germany international was lucky to see it strike his thigh and go in.
Substitute Lukas Podolski missed a chance to make it 2-0 and Hamit Altintop forced a diving save from Frank Rost before Hamburg got the equaliser.
As Zidan ran towards goal, Martin Demichelis and Lucio missed chances to clear properly and the ball fell first to David Jarolim and then came back to Zidan to sweep home from a few yards.
Karlsruhe midfielder Tamas Hajnal made the breakthrough for the promoted side early in the second half. Stuttgart coach Armin Veh could only watch as his players failed to prevent a second defeat in the defence of their title.
Reuters
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