Klose bags hat-trick as Bayern rout Cottbus

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    Klose bags hat-trick as Bayern rout Cottbus</p>

    BERLIN (AFP) - Miroslav Klose bagged a hat-trick to take his tally of Bundesliga goals to eight as Bayern Munich opened up a three-point lead at the top of the table with a 4-0 win over bottom-side Energie Cottbus on Tuesday.

    Klose, the top scorer at last year's World Cup, struck in the 59th and 75th minutes after Cottbus put up a spirited fight for the first hour before the flood-gates opened.

    Argentinian defender Martin Demichelis scored with a header on 63 minutes as Bayern took control at Munich's Allianz Arena ground before Italian World Cup winner Luca Toni bagged his fifth goal of the season.

    His 69th minute strike and Klose's pair means that Bayern's first-choice strikers have now scored 13 league goals in just seven games to more than justify the 23 million euros spent on the pair last summer.

    Bayer Leverkusen are up to second-place thanks to their 2-1 win over Nuremberg.

    The home side took the lead when German striker Stefan Kiessling fired them into a 40th minute lead before Slovakian midfielder Marek Mintal equalised with a second-half penalty.

    But Bayer's Swiss midfielder Tranquillo Barnetta sealed the win with a 76th minute goal.

    VfB Stuttgart picked up a much-needed win after they took a 1-0 lead at VfL Bochum thanks to Roberto Hilbert's second-half strike, which lifts them up to ninth.

    Ten-man Karlsruhe managed a 1-0 win at Eintracht Frankfurt while Hanover enjoyed a comfortable 2-0 win at Arminia Bielefeld.

    On Tuesday night, Schalke 04 strikers Kevin Kuranyi and Halil Altintop fired the Royal Blues to a 2-0 win over Duisburg which leaves them third.

    And despite taking an early lead at home to Hansa Rostock, Hertha Berlin went 3-1 down as Rostock picked up their second consecutive win and their fortunes have certainly improved after losing all of their first five games.

    And Hamburg are up to third in the table as they had no problems at Borussia Dortmund as they dominated their hosts in a 3-0 romp while Werder Bremen and VfL Wolfsburg managed a 1-1 draw.</p>
     

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