"Bayern" increases the advantage over the pursuers (ALL MATCH HIGHLIGHTS) © EuroFootball.com

On Saturday in the German "Bundesliga" championship matches, the Munich "Bayern" footballers secured another victory in the IX round of matches.

Leading in the championship, Juppo Heynckes' players crushed Berlin's "Hertha" team in front of their own fans with a dry result of 4-0, increasing the gap from the closest pursuers to five points.

In another match, "Stuttgart" defeated "Hoffenheim" 2-0 at home, while the duel between "Gladbach" and Leverkusen's "Bayer" ended in a 2-2 draw.

Interestingly, during the six matches on Saturday, six penalties were awarded, and all of them were converted.

Results:

Munich "Bayern" 4 - 0 Berlin "Hertha" 5' [1 - 0] M. Gomez 7' [2 - 0] F. Ribery 13' [3 - 0] B. Schweinsteiger 69' [4 - 0] M. Gomez (from an 11m penalty)

Mainz 0 - 1 Augsburg 88' [0 - 1] J. Callsen-Bracker (from an 11m penalty)

Gladbach 2 - 2 Leverkusen "Bayer" 21' [0 - 1] S. Reinartz 65' [1 - 1] M. Reus 72' [2 - 1] P. Herrmann 87' [2 - 2] A. Schurrle 68' G. Castro ("Bayer") was sent off the field

Stuttgart 2 - 0 Hoffenheim 48' [1 - 0] S. Okazaki 77' [2 - 0] P. Pogrebnyak (from an 11m penalty)

Wolfsburg 2 - 1 Nurnberg 25' [1 - 0] M. Mandzukic 70' [1 - 1] C. Eigler 83' [2 - 1] M. Mandzukic (from an 11m penalty)

Gelsenkirchen "Schalke" 1 - 2 Kaiserslautern 30' [0 - 1] C. Tiffert (from an 11m penalty) 63' [1 - 1] K.J. Huntelaar (from an 11m penalty) 72' [1 - 2] D. Kouemaha 28' R. Fahrmann ("Schalke") was sent off the field 61' Rodnei ("Kaiserslautern") was sent off the field