FRANKFURT, Feb 4: Michael Ballack scored a virtuoso goal to give Bayern Munich a 1-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday and keep the champions eight points clear at the top of the Bundesliga.

Werder Bremen kept hold of second spot after coming from 2-0 down to win 4-2 at home against Mainz.

Results:

Cologne 0 VfB Stuttgart 0

Bayern Munich 1 Bayer Leverkusen 0

Eintracht Frankfurt 1 Hertha Berlin 1

Hamburg SV 2 Arminia Bielefeld 1

MSV Duisburg 2 Kaiserslautern 2

Schalke 04 0 Borussia Dortmund 0

Werder Bremen 4 Mainz 2

—Agencies