Germany round-up: Kahn beaten at last
Sunday, February 9, 2003
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FC Bayern München Oliver Kahn's run of 802 minutes without conceding came to an end against Hamburger SV.
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German 1. Bundesliga leaders FC Bayern München suffered a rare setback as a last-minute equaliser for Hamburger SV ended Oliver Kahn's league record of 802 minutes without conceding a goal.
Takahara levels
Bayern seemed set for victory as Claudio Pizarro gave them an eleventh-minute lead and soon after Kahn's broke his previous 1998/99 mark of 736 minutes' worth of clean sheets. But with Bayern looking likely to stretch their lead to ten points, Naohiro Takahara levelled the scores, the first Bundesliga goal against Kahn since 9 November. That run stretched to over 1000 minutes in all competitive matches.
Stuttgart win
However, Bayern's lead did increase to eight points after second-placed champions BV Borussia Dortmund were beaten 1-0 at VfB Stuttgart. Zvonimir Soldo scored the only goal on 67 minutes to take Stuttgart up to third, level on points with Dortmund.
