Stuttgart win tops off a prosperous week

Stuttgart boss Felix Magath is in buoyant mood after his side went top of the Bundesliga table today, three days after going …

Stuttgart boss Felix Magath is in buoyant mood after his side went top of the Bundesliga table today, three days after going top of Champions League Group E with a win over Panathinaikos.

Klaus Toppmoller's day, however, ended in disappointment for as his Hamburg coaching debut ended in a draw.

Stuttgart went two points clear at the top of the table after a late goal from unsettled striker Ioannis Amanatidis meant a 1-0 win over Wolfsburg.

With Bayer Leverkusen not playing until tomorrow, Magath's men will sit proudly at the summit for at least 24 hours thanks to the Greek striker's 75th-minute strike.

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Amanatidis, who hit out at Magath this week for leaving him out of the starting line-up and hinted he could be ready to leave, came on as a 66th minute substitute for Horst Heldt and nine minutes later scored the only goal.

Toppmoller, the former Leverkusen coach, watched Schalke come from two goals down to claim a 2-2 draw at the AOL Arena.

Bayern Munich kept up the pressure on the Bundesliga leaders with a convincing 4-1 victory over Kaiserslautern at the Olympic Stadium.

Hertha Berlin took maximum points against fellow strugglers Hansa Rostock following a 1-0 victory.

Werder Bremen beat Freiburg 4-2, strugglers Hannover and 1860 Munich played out an ill-tempered 1-1 draw and Eintracht Frankfurt won 2-0 against fellow strugglers Cologne.