Leverkusen climb to third in Bundesliga

Bayer Leverkusen leapfrogged Hamburg to climb to third in the German Bundesliga standings courtesy of a 3-2 win at relegation-threatened Energie Cottbus.

Second-half goals from Simon Rolfes and Dmitri Bulykin put the visitors 2-1 ahead after Michal Papadopulos had given the strugglers an early lead.