Weekend Developments From Europe's Top Leagues

There's a change at the top in Germany's Bundesliga this weekend, while there's dramatic title race developments elsewhere.
German Bundesliga

This weekend signified a change in leadership in the Bundesliga after Bayern Munich's 2-1 home loss to VfB Stuttgart. The result was Bayern's second consecutive loss, allowing Schalke 04 to take over at the top after defeating third-placed Leverkusen 2-0 with Kevin Kuranyi getting the goals.

Werder Bremen moved to within a point of fourth-placed Dortmund after the Greens defeated FC Nurnberg 4-2 with BVB drawing at Hertha Berlin. Sixth-placed Hamburger SV slip further behind after a 1-0 loss at Moenchengladbach.

In the drop zone, bottom-placed Hertha BSC keep accumulating points but they still have plenty of work to do. 16th-placed Freiburg drew at Hoffenheim, but second-last Hannover suffered further woe after a 4-1 home loss to FC Koln. NFL jerseys