Sweden's Markus Rosenberg scored the winner in second-placed Werder Bremen's 1-0 home victory over Nuremberg on Sunday to close the gap on German league leaders Schalke 04 to just two points. Rosenberg scored with a quarter-hour to go for the northern club which is proving to be Schalke's main rival for the title with six matches left.
Werder laboured to their victory without panache as they kept on failing to get past Nuremberg's solid defence till Rosenberg managed to find a way.
"It was a tough game just as we expected," said Werder coach Thomas Schaaf after the match. Werder's star striker Miroslav Klose has now not scored in their last nine Bundesliga matches though the team, which is not in the same top form as during the autumn, has managed to do enough to stay in the running for the championship.