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Schalke Rue Dropped Points

Schalke’s home draw against Hannover has allowed Werder Bremen to open up a two point lead in the race for second place. Caretaker trainer Mike Büskens admitted after the game that his side struggled against a good Hannover side at the Veltins Arena this afternoon.

The visitors took an early first half lead when Arnold Bruggink fired in a free kick after just eight minutes to take advantage of a slow start from the home side.

However, the Königsblauen managed to get themselves back into the game and secured the equaliser through Halil Altintop five minutes before the interval.

Caretaker trainer Mike Büskens was left disappointed with the result, but was full of praise for Dieter Hecking’s side.

“We had problems finding a way into the game against a very strong team” admitted caretaker trainer Mike Büskens.

“We were not really in the game at the start. After going 1-0 down, the team managed to fight back.

“We’ll have to see at the end of the season what this point we have won against a very good team is worth.”

Hannover trainer Dieter Hecking was left proud of his team as they took a point off of one of the top three sides in the Bundesliga.

“Two or three years ago, we would have lost 2-0 0r 3-0 here, so I have to pay my team a huge compliment for their performance today” Hecking said.

“We didn’t want to just let the season peter out and you saw that today with our level of performance.”

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