Football News : Bundesliga: Bayern pay penalty as title slips away

Borussia Dortmund took a giant step towards defending their Bundesliga title
with a 1-0 home win over closest challengers Bayern Munich.

GettyImagesDortmund's Robert Lewandowski runs off to celebrate his goal

Robert Lewandowski struck the winner on 77 minutes to move Dortmund six points
clear with four games remaining.

Bayern had their chances to claim a point, with Arjen Robben the villain as he
missed a late penalty before skying over from point-blank range in injury time.

Schalke missed the chance to fortify a Champions League place as they were
surprisingly beaten 4-1 at relegation-threatened Nurnberg.

First-half goals from Hanno Balitsch (25), Timmy Simons (37pen) and Daniel
Didavi (45) sent Nurnberg on their way to moving six points clear of the drop
zone.

Lewis Holtby pulled a goal back on 85 minutes but Didavi immediately replied.

Hamburg's relegation worries deepened as they were thumped 4-0 at Hoffenheim.

Jannik Vestergaard (17), Sejad Salihovic (25pen), Fabian Johnson (51) and Sven
Schipplock (59) scored the goals to leave Hamburg two points from danger.

Bayer Leverkusen stayed above Hannover in the final Europa League place as both
sides enjoyed wins tonight.

Bayer beat lowly Kaiserslautern 3-1 thanks to second-half goals from Simon
Rolfes (57) and Stefan Reinartz (69). Stefan Kiessling's first-minute opener had
been cancelled out by Julian Derstroff on 42 minutes.

Mame Diouf (44) and Didier Konan (77) scored the goals as Hannover beat
Wolfsburg to keep them behind Bayer on goal difference only.