By DPA
Hamburg : Substitute Mohamed Zidan rescued a late point for SV Hamburg to end Bayern Munich’s winning run at the top of the German Bundesliga football league.
Zidan struck with three minutes remaining to snatch a 1-1 draw Sunday for Hamburg who had fallen behind to a 70th-minute effort from Miroslav Klose, the Germany striker notching his 100th Bundesliga goal.
It was the first goal for Hamburg for Zidan, who joined in the summer from Mainz, and the first conceded in the league this season by Bayern, who increased their lead at the top to three points.
“We have 10 points and are league leaders. We can be very satisfied with the start,” Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said.
“When you concede a goal shortly before the end you can’t be satisfied,” Bayern coach Ottmar Hitzfeld said.
“After going in front we had the opportunity to make it 2-0 and then at the end if you can’t get the ball away in the penalty area a goal like that can happen.
“It was unfortunate for us but on the whole we can live with it.”
Hamburg’s Dutch coach Huub Stevens was also satisfied.
“With all the problems we have had (with injuries and suspensions) you have to be satisfied. No team had won a point from Bayern but now we have.”
The result leaves Bayern three points clear of five teams – Bochum, Bielefeld, Frankfurt, Werder Bremen and Hamburg.
Defending Bundesliga champions VfB Stuttgart meanwhile suffered a 0-1 defeat against regional rivals Karlsruhe for whom midfielder Tamas Hajnal notched the 54th-minute winner.
It was the second defeat of the season for Stuttgart who stay on four points, while promoted Karlsruhe move to five.
Referee Florian Meyer had his hands full in Hamburg in an occasionally ill-tempered match against Bayern, which saw seven yellow cards.
Bayern, who were without the injured Italy striker Luca Toni, found a worthy opponent in Hamburg who were unaffected by the failure of playmaker Rafael van der Vaart to pass a late fitness test or the loss of suspended defenders Vincent Kompany and Guy Demel.
Bayern captain Oliver Kahn, setting a record 535 appearances for a goalkeeper in the Bundesliga, was busier than his opposite number Frank Rost and had to look sharp to foil Ivica Olic in the 50th minute just minutes after Romeo Castelen fired over the bar.
Bayern, who had scored 10 goals in their previous three league games, were never able to dominate, with French midfielder Franck Ribery largely shackled in a match often interrupted by niggling fouls.
But the visitors punished a moment of inattention in the Hamburg defence when Klose was given too much space from a cross by Christian Lell and was able to divert the ball into goal with his thigh.
Bayern went close to a second goal when a Hamit Altintop shot was saved by Rost, and from the corner Jerome Boateng, making an impressive debut at 18 for Hamburg, deflected the ball onto the outside of his own post.
But Zidan, a 74th-minute substitute, rewarded the home side’s efforts with a scrambled goal with time running out.
The Egyptian striker had failed to dribble through three players in the area, but the Bayern defence was unable to clear the ball and when it came back to Zidan he poked it past Kahn in goal.
“We were solid but Hamburg were aggressive and disciplined and gave us a lot of problems,” said Kahn.
“It was a good Hamburg team who deserved the point. The goal was a bit unlucky but showed what we can expect away from home.”