Ten-man Bremen go top, Cologne floor Leverkusen

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Ten-man Bremen go top, Cologne floor Leverkusen

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With Bayern Munich playing at Schalke on Sunday, Bremen took the opportunity to go top.

18 September,2011 10:32 am

Ten-man Werder Bremen went top of the German league on Saturday thanks to a 1-1 draw at Nuremberg despite having Germany goalkeeper Tim Wiese sent off.With Bayern Munich playing at Schalke on Sunday, Bremen took the opportunity to go top as they picked up a point, despite losing Wiese after just 17 minutes.The 29-year-old was shown a straight red after an ugly tackle on Nuremberg striker Christian Eigler which forced Bremen to bring on reserve goalkeeper Sebastian Mielitz.Werder then took the lead when Turkey midfielder Mehmet Ekici scored against his former club just seven minutes later.Torrential rain threatened to flood the Nuremberg pitch in the first half and delayed the start of the second, but the hosts levelled on 62 minutes with a late header from defender Philipp Wollscheid.It certainly wasnt boring, said coach Thomas Schaaf.We weakened our position with the sending off, but inspite of that we managed to score a goal.The team struggled afterwards, but they kept their discipline and under these conditions we deserved the point.The point leaves Bremen top on goal difference, and level on 13 points with Moenchengladbach, to leave Bayern just a point behind before Sundays game in Gelsenkirchen.