Abdellaoue's hat trick leads Hannover over Bremen
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Mohammed Abdellaoue scored a hat trick as 2 win on Arena.
Abdellaoue converted a penalty just 2 minutes into the match, added his second goal 8 minutes before half, then completed his hat trick in the 58th minute to run his goal total to six for the season through eight games.
Hannover moved within four points of leader Bayern Munich, while Abdellaoue is two goals behind Bayern's Mario Gomez for the league scoring lead.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Bremen remained three points behind Bayern. Claudio Pizarro had his sixth goal of the season for Werder to join Abdellaoue on the scoring charts in third, while Marko Arnautovic also scored, but was sent off in the second half with his side down 3-1.
Bremen lost for just the second time this season.
Schalke 2, Hamburg 1
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Hamburg, Germany - Klaas-Jan Huntelaar scored his sixth and seventh goals of the season as Schalke edged struggling Hamburg, 2-1, on Sunday at Imtech Arena in the Bundesliga.
Huntelaar headed in the opener in the 13th minute and, after Mladen Petric had Hamburg's lone goal in the 38th, completed his brace with the match-winner in the 73rd with a nice flick-on from the near side to the far post.
Schalke climbed within four points of first-place Bayern Munich, while Hamburg fell to the bottom of the standings below winless Augsburg on goal difference.