COLOGNE, May 2 (SW) Hamburg continue to put pressure on Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich, as the numbers two achieved a 0-1 win at Cologne.

Cologne - Hamburger SV 0-1

But Hamburger SV were not particularly impressive, as the only goal of the match was actually scored by Cologne's Lukas Sinkiewicz in the third minute. The own goal was enough for Hamburg to take three valuable points.

Hertha BSC - Bayer Leverkusen 1-5

In the battle for UEFA Cup spots, Bayer easily defeated Hertha to practically secure their fifth position. Goals from Juan and Dimitar Berbatov (2) gave the visitors a comfortable 0-3 lead before Marcelinho got one back for Hertha.

Carsten Ramelow then restored the gap in the 63rd minute, and Bernd Schneider added a fifth goal in the 76th.

Hannover 96 - Borussia Dortmund 1-2

Per Mertesacker put Hannover in the lead, just before the half time whistle. But in the second half, Borussia levelled through Czech midfielder Tomas Rosicky, and Christian Wörns got the winning goal with ten minutes left to play.

Nurnberg - Borussia M'gladbach 5-2

Nurnberg moved into ninth place as result of a win over Borussia Mönchengladbach. The hosts scored through Robert Vittek (2), Jan Polak and Stefan Kiessling, while Borussia's goals came from Ze Antonio and Wesley Sonck.