But they started shakily, keepr Hans-Jorg Butt and defender Daniel van Buyten furiously exchanging words after almost letting in Alberto Gilardino to score.

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Kiessling's equalizer in the 14th minute came as he beat the offside trap before beating Van Buyten and picking his spot beyond Hans-Jorg Butt.

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Belgian defender Daniel van Buyten put the home side ahead in the 31st minute, but Marvin Matip equalized for Schalke just before the break.

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Kevin Kuranyi came close in the opening minutes before Van Buyten benefited from a fortunate rebound from Holger Badstuber's free-kick and diverted the ball home.

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Bance then scored his second goal in as many games -- beating Daniel van Buyten in the air to head Florian Heller's right-wing cross past Rensing from eight yards out.

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Fellow strike partner Samuel Eto'o gave him the chance to run at the heart of the Bayern defense and he left Daniel van Buyten trailing before beating Butt with some ease.

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Leverkusen almost took an early lead when Kiessling's goalbound header was blocked by Daniel van Buyten in the fourth minute, but it was Bayern who went ahead soon afterwards as Gomez scored his first goal in over two months from an assist by Miroslav Klose before placing his shot past Rene Adler.

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