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Sport 21 maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 26 MARCH 2014 SPORTTODAY FOOTBALL Bayern win Bundesliga title Bayern Munich wrapped up their 24th Bundesliga title in record time with a 3-1 win at Hertha Berlin TONI Kroos and Mario Gotze netted inside the first 15 minutes to put Pep Guardiola's men on their way. Although Adrian Ramos pulled a goal back from the penalt y spot midway through the second half, Franck RIbery's 79th minute goal wrapped up the win in st yle and gave them the crown with seven games to spare. Bayern would have been cele- brating even had they lost, as the clash between local rivals Borus- sia Dortmund and Schalke ended goalless. Pride and second spot was up for grabs in the 144th Revierderby, but neither team could make a breakthrough. In-form Wolfsburg enhanced their own top four hopes with a 3-1 win at Werder Bremen. Junior Malanda and Ivan Perisic scored in the first 10 minutes to give the visitors control. Sebastien Prodl pulled a goal back six minutes later, but Maxi- milian Arnold made the points safe for Wolfsburg 10 minutes from time. At the other end, bottom club Eintracht Braunschweig picked up a crucial three points with victory over European hopefuls Mainz - again by 3-1. Dominick Kumbela's 18th minute goal gave Braunschweig the lead but Nicolai Muller levelled two minutes later. However, Havard Nielsen re- stored the home side's advan- tage just before the break, before Kumbela got his second and his team's third 13 minutes from time to move Braunschweig to within three points of safet y. Mainz, who would have gone joint fourth with victory, remain seventh as a result of this setback. Dzeko brace secures derby win A review of Tuesday night's action in the Barclays Premier League as Man City won 3-0 at Old Trafford in the Manchester derby. EDIN Dzeko's double fired Man- chester City closer to the Bar- clays Premier League summit and poured yet more misery on cross- town rivals United following a 3-0 win. City were in control from the very first minute when Dzeko tapped into an unguarded net after Samir Nasri's shot deflected off the post and into his path. A limp United never looked like recovering from the early setback - it was the first time they had con- ceded a first-minute goal at Old Trafford in the Premier League era - and Dzeko killed off the game on 56 minutes. Again the striker was allowed too much space as he ran on to a corner and side-footed home a volley at the near post. Yaya Toure completed the rout with a placed finish across David de Gea in injury-time. City's win, their third on the spin since being knocked out of the Champions League, moves them three points behind leaders Chel- sea with two games in hand on the leaders. Arsenal's forgettable week con- tinued as an injury-time Math- ieu Flamini own goal meant they shared a 2-2 draw with relegation- threatened Swansea at Emirates Stadium. The Gunners had appeared still afflicted by their 6-0 weekend mauling against Chelsea after fall- ing behind to Wilfried Bony's 11th- minute header heading into the last quarter of the game. Quickfire goals from Lukas Podolski and Olivier Giroud ap- peared to dramatically turn the game their way. Podolski turned in the equaliser on 73 minutes before he supplied the ball for Giroud to send the Gunners ahead a minutes later. But Arsene Wenger's side failed to hold on as Flamini put the ball into his own net with no time for the hosts to respond. Arsenal's draw allowed fifth- placed Everton to close the gap behind them to six points after Roberto Martinez's won 3-0 at Newcastle. The Toffees' success was high- lighted by Ross Barkley's first-half opener, when the young England midfielder ran from inside his own half and into the home penalty area before coolly converting. Romelu Lukaku and Leon Osman netted after half-time to keep Ever- ton, who have a game in hand over Arsenal, in the hunt for a Champi- ons League place. Edin Dzeko of Manchester City scores their second goal during the Manchester derby