Mainz upset Bayern Munich 3-2

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Mainz upset Bayern Munich 3-2

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Bayern Munich wasted a chance to go back to the top of the Bundesliga after losing 3-2 to Mainz.

28 November,2011 03:57 am

Andreas Ivanschitz, Marco Caligiuri and Niko Bungert all scored for the home side, with Daniel van Buyten scoring twice for Bayern.The Bayern defender might have claimed a hat trick in injury time when he fired wide from close range.Bayern slips to third after its second league loss in a row, one point behind defending champion Borussia Dortmund which leads Borussia Moenchengladbach on goal difference.Mainz, which climbs to 13th, looked fresher in its first game since Nov. 4 after last weeks game at Cologne was postponed due to referee Babak Rafatis suicide attempt.Ivanschitz opened the scoring in the 11th minute when Nicolai Mueller split the Bayern defense with a perfect ball for the Austrian to round Manuel Neuer before slotting in from a narrow angle.Van Buyten equalized in the 56th, when he met Toni Kroos free kick at the near post to head past Christian Wetklo, but Neuer was beaten from almost 30 meters (yards) in the 65th when Caligiuri let fly from a central position to put Mainz back ahead.Defender Bungert thought hed sealed the win with a header from a corner in the 74th, only for Van Buyten to ensure a nervy finish when he scored again five minutes later after Kroos sent in another free kick, the Belgian scoring this time with his foot.Either side might have scored in the final frantic minutes, before Van Buyten missed the chance to claim the point that would have put Bayern back on top on goal difference.Earlier, Naldos powerful free kick helped Werder Bremen move back up to fourth with a 2-0 win over Stuttgart.Brazilian defender Naldo unleashed a shot from the edge of the penalty area into the top right corner in the 67th minute, as Bremen coped without the injured Claudio Pizarro to bounce back from a 5-0 mauling at Borussia Moenchengladbach last week.Aaron Hunt broke the deadlock in the 57th, when the 25-year-old saw off Khalid Boulahrouzs weak challenge before slotting through Sven Ulreichs legs.Ulreich had earlier pulled off a string of saves to keep the score level, the 23-year-old denying Markus Rosenberg in the 15th and twice getting the better of Marko Arnautovic in the first half.Serdar Tasci came closest for Stuttgart in the 41st, when his header from a corner produced a great save from Tim Wiese.The visitors might have gone ahead in the 52nd, but Martin Harnik was unable to direct his header on target after Christian Molinaros good cross.Clemens Fritz spotted Hunts run into the penalty area five minutes later for the midfielders third goal of the season, before Naldo claimed his first.