German Bundesliga: Ten-man Hamburg down Bremen 2-1

FRANKFURT: Hamburg beat Werder Bremen 2-1 at home on Sunday to keep pace with the Bundesliga leaders going into the winter break despite playing more than half the game with just 10 men.

Joris Mathijsen scored a ninth-minute header and Marcell Jansen made it 2-0 in the 36th for Hamburg, who had Jerome Boateng red-carded for a foul on Marko Marin when he was the last defender just after the half hour mark.

Naldo pulled a goal back for Bremen three minutes into stoppage time.