Bremen return to winning ways with 2-1 over Stuttgart
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Marvin Duksch scored a brace as Werder Bremen took a big step towards Bundesliga safety with a 2-1 victory over high flying VfB Stuttgart whose unbeaten run ended after 11 matches on Sunday. Duksch opened the scoring with a 28th-minute penalty into the bottom right corner after Jamie Leweling had brought down Felix Agu. His second came in the 49th minute, right after at the other end Leweling was denied by goalkeeper Michael Zetterer when he should have better passed the ball to Serhou...

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