体坛英语新闻：Bayern extends lead on top of German Bundesliga

BERLIN, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Unstoppable Bayern Munich continue their triumphal march as they cruised to a 3-0 win over Mainz whereas bottom side Greuther Furth flabbergasted Schalke 2-1 to wrap a last gasp win at the 20th round of Bundesliga on Saturday

Bundesliga front-runners Bayern Munich consolidate their title ambitions as they increased their point account to 51 points with great help of Mario Mandzukic who donated a brace within seven minutes.

Mainz staged a courageous performance on home soil to give the German record champion a hard time. The hosts utilized a cleverly devised strategy, during the first half, when they isolated Bayern' s midfield with Bastian Schweinsteiger and Javi Martinez. Thus Bayern did not manage to produce opportunities meanwhile Mainz came close twice through Shawn Parker.

With four minutes remaining in the first half, Bayern midfielder Thomas Mueller rounded Mainz goalkeeper Christian Wetklo to break the deadlock out of the blue following a pass into path by Toni Kroos.

Mainz situation worsened at the 50th minute, as Mario Mandzukic exploited a David Alaba pass into the box, to double the lead, and to score his 12th goal of the season.

Mandzukic was not done with the scoring and so he made it three on scoreboards, seven minutes later, following a combination via Philipp Lahm to destroy Mainz hopes of a comeback.

The Bavarians reap their 16th win to stay atop the standing with a 14-point gap to chasers Leverkusen whereas Mainz suffered their 8th loss of the season to stay on 5th position with 30 points.

Bottom team Greuther Fuerth flabbergasted home side Schalke 2-1 owing to the decider by Nikola Djudjic in the dying minutes of the game.

The Royal Blues took the reins with the kick off nonetheless their poor chance conversion and Fuerths dedicated performance denied the opener at first half.

With beginning of the second half, Schalke's new arrival Michel Bastos hammered home a dead ball to give the hosts the lead at the 47th minute.

It was a short-lived joy by the hosts as Mainz responded five minutes later through Felix Klaus to restore parity.

At the dramatic closing period Schalke were punished for their wastefulness and laxity, as Nikola Djudjic headed home the late winner with the last action of the game.

Greuther Fuerth ensured their second win of the season, yet they remain on last position of the standings while Schalke reside on 6th place with 29 points.

Elsewhere, Stuttgart lost surprisingly 3-1 to newly promoted Dusseldorf. It is the fourth straight loss for the "Swabians" .

Frankfurt' s new arrival Srdjan Lakic scored twice to stun Hamburg 2-0 at away. Newly promoted stunner Frankfurt sealed the deal within 36 minutes as Hamburg failed to overcome the visitors bulwark at the second half.

Wolfsburg were held to a 1-1 draw against Augsburg whereas Hoffenheim wrapped up a 2-1 win over Freiburg to recover from nine consecutive winless matches.