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Franck Ribery celebrates his goal with his Bayern team-mates

Bayern Munich maintained their five-point lead at the top of the table with a 2-1 win over Augsburg.

In-form striker Mario Gomez gave Bayern the lead after 16 minutes and Franck Ribery doubled the advantage 12 minutes later.Hajime Hosogai pulled a goal back for the hosts just before the hour mark to set up a tense finale.Bayern finished with 10 men as Anatoliy Tymoshchuk was shown a red card three minutes into stoppage time, but Bayern held on for the three points.Schalke heldSchalke missed the chance to go second after being held to a 2-2 draw at Hannover.Teemu Pukki put Schalke in front in the 26th minute, but the home side hit straight back with an own goal from Kyriakos Papadopoulos.Mohammed Abdellaoue put Hannover ahead in the 59th minute and the home side looked likely to increase their lead before Pukki got on the scoresheet once again to bring Schalke level and earn Huub Stevens' side a point.

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