Seventh-placed Borussia Monchengladbach's European hopes suffered a blow with a 2-1 defeat by fifth-from-bottom Nuremberg.
The result left Monchengladbach four points adrift of fourth-placed Schalke, who have a game in hand.
Fifth-place Freiburg overcame Werder Bremen 3-2 at the Weserstadion while Hamburg also won -- 1-0 against Monchengladbach.
In the Bundesliga, Borussia Monchengladbach's European Champions League qualification hopes faded after a 2-2 draw at 10-man Werder Bremen.
Mainz drew 1-1 with Werder Bremen while Freiburg were 2-0 winners against Monchengladbach.
However, he was annoyed that Bayern conceded in the league for the first time since the December 14 draw with Monchengladbach.
Fellow Italians Lazio sealed their passage into the last 16 after a comfortable 2-0 home win over Germany's Borussia Monchengladbach .
Former club Borussia Dortmund, Wolfsburg, Hertha Berlin, VFB Stuttgart, Borussia Monchengladbach and Manchester City are rumoured to be interested in signing the veteran.
Hoffenheim overpowered Bochum 3-0, Eintracht Frankfurt remained unbeaten after a 2-0 victory at Freiburg and Nurnberg beat Borussia Monchengladbach 1-0 thanks to an early goal from Peer Kluge.
Hamburg moved out of the bottom three after drawing 2-2 at Borussia Monchengladbach, with former Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Rafael van der Vaart opening the scoring for the visitors.
Borussia Monchengladbach went seventh with a 1-0 win over Greuther Furth that left the visiting team rock bottom and nine points adrift in the battle to avoid automatic relegation.
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