Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has accused the German giants of carelessness after allowing struggling Borussia Moenchengladbach to score two late goals in Saturday`s 2-2 draw.

A first-half goal from Italy striker Luca Toni and a second-half penalty from France midfielder Franck Ribery meant Bayern were 2-0 up at `Gladbach with barely 15 minutes left.

But headers from Canada striker Rob Friend and United States midfielder Michael Bradley snatched the draw and brought to an end Bayern`s five-match winning streak to keep the defending Bundesliga champions third in the table.

`We`re guilty of carelessness,` said Rummenigge, after Bayern did virtually the same thing to draw 3-3 at home against minnows Bochum last month.

`We were comfortably in the lead here and had the chances to make it three or even four.

`At the end of the day, we`ve only taken a point when it simply should have been three. It`s a bad day at the office when we`ve dropped vital points. We drew 3-3 with Bochum at home, and here it`s finished 2-2.

`If we hadn`t dropped these four points, we`d definitely have been top of the league - these are the matches we simply have to win.`

The equalising goal by Bradley with nine minutes left was particularly painful for the Bayern defence as the midfielder was left unmarked in the penalty area.

`You can`t be 2-1 up and then suddenly find yourselves outnumbered in your own penalty area, that`s not on,` said Bayern`s Germany defender Philipp Lahm.

`Perhaps we thought we were home and dry and didn`t concentrate hard enough. We had the match under control and we made chances, but we didn`t kill the game there and then.

`We had a huge opportunity to take all three points here, but instead it`s a case of dropping two.`

The result leaves Bayern three points off leaders Bayer Leverkusen - who they face in a fortnight - but Munich play the Bundesliga`s bottom club Energie Cottbus at home next weekend which will give them a chance to close the gap.

Leverkusen stayed top of the league after their 2-1 win over Schalke 04, despite being reduced to ten men.

First-half goals by Germany strikers Patrick Helmes and Stefan Kiessling meant Leverkusen were 2-0 up at half-time then had defender Gonzalo Castro sent off just after the hour mark before Schalke striker Kevin Kuranyi scored a late consolation header.

`I must pay a huge compliment to my team that they never lost patience for this important game,` said Bayer coach Bruno Labbadia.

`After the red card, we were under pressure, but the team showed the desire to fight for every ball.`

Second-placed Hoffenheim had a tough time as guests Wolfsburg fought back twice before the home side sealed a 3-2 win as Bosnia striker Vedad Ibisevic scored his 14th goal in 13 games to remain the league`s top scorer.

Two goals in three minutes gave Hertha Berlin a 2-1 win over Hamburg at Berlin`s Olympic Stadium to fire the home side to fourth in the table.

In Saturday`s other results, Borussia Dortmund enjoyed a 4-0 win over Eintracht Frankfurt, VfB Stuttgart drew 0-0 with Arminia Bielefeld and Energie Cottus picked only their second win of the season when they beat Karlsruhe 1-0.

On Friday, Hanover and Bochum drew 1-1, while on Sunday Werder Bremen moved up to seventh in the league with their 3-1 win over Cologne with goals by Brazilians Diego and Naldo as well as Portugal`s Hugo Almeida.