Moenchengladbach go top in Germany

Borussia Moenchengladbach took provisional possession of the Bundesliga summit on Friday with a 3-0 win at FC Cologne. Mike Hanke and Venezuelan Juan Arango had the visitors firmly in control at the break with Hanke adding a second two minutes after the restart to cement Moenchengladbach's ninth victory of the campaign. The win, following last weekend's 5-0 drubbing of Werder Bremen, pushed Moenchengladbach up from third to first on 29 points, but Bayern Munich will be looking to regain the lead when they travel to struggling Mainz 05 on Sunday. Bayern's 3-1 win over Villarreal on Tuesday confirmed their place in the UEFA Champions League round of 16, but they need to get back to winning ways in the Bundesliga after taking just one point from their last two games. From the resulting corner, Juan's header was deflected behind for another corner, from which Juan again met the ball only to see his header finish just wide. Erik Lamela missed a good chance in the 50th minute when he just seemed to lack belief as he cut into the penalty area and his shot was blocked. Roma's good spell lasted all of five minutes, though, and Udinese soon took charge of the game again. Yet they had to wait until the 80th minute before opening the scoring with Di Natale racing clear to rifle his shot into the top right-hand corner as Simon Kjaer pulled up holding his hamstring as he failed to keep up with the Udinese striker. Isla then made sure of the win in the 89th minute with a simple tap-in after a burst of pace took Armero away from Rodrigo Taddei and into the penalty area. Juan was caught napping in the centre as he played Isla onside, leaving him alone in front of a gaping goal. "We produced a great game against a side that are going far. They were very good in the first half, while we defended well and counter attacked," Di Natale told Sky Sport. "We don't look at the standings...what counts is that Udinese win, I'm an attacker, I'm there to provide service to the team."