Champions Bayern Munich suffered a setback in the battle for third place that leads to the Champions League qualifiers after drawing 1-1 at Nuremberg while Hanover reclaimed third spot.
Jakub Blaszczykowski volleyed in a stoppage time equaliser to give Bundesliga leaders Borussia Dortmund a last-gasp 1-1 draw at Hamburg on Saturday and increase their lead to eight points with five games left.
Ruud van Nistelrooy converted a penalty in the 39th minute after teammate Mladen Petric was felled by Mats Hummels and Dortmund looked to be heading for their fourth defeat after missing three golden chances and twice hitting the woodwork.
But Blaszczykowski fired in with seconds left in stoppage time after a good cross from Marcel Schmelzer and a header from Patrick Owomoyela, to keep them on track for their first title since 2002.
Champions Bayern Munich suffered a setback in the battle for third place that leads to the Champions League qualifiers after drawing 1-1 at Nuremberg while Hanover reclaimed third spot following their 2-0 win over Mainz 05.
Hanover are on 53 with Bayern, who had Arjen Robben sent off at the end with a straight red card for dissent, a point behind in fourth place.
"This is a setback for us because we dropped two points here," said Bayern scorer Thomas Mueller. "It was a weak performance from us and we paid the price."
Schalke 04 piled more misery on their former coach Felix Magath beating his new team VfL Wolfsburg 1-0 thanks to a Jose Jurado goal to leave the 2009 champions in the relegation playoff spot on 28 points.
Schalke, who host holders Inter Milan in the Champions League quarter-finals second leg next week after winning 5-2 in Italy, improved to ninth place on 39 points.
Freiburg's Julian Schuster scored the goal of the day when he whipped in a corner kick with the ball sailing over keeper Tom Starke before dipping in at the far post as they beat Hoffenheim 3-2 in an entertaining encounter.
Second-placed Bayer Leverkusen, on 58, take on St Pauli on Sunday.
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