Schalke moved level on points with Bayern Munich at the top of the Bundesliga thanks to a home win over Stuttgart at the Arena AufSchalke.
Joel Matip gave the Royal Blues a perfect start with a goal in the third minute while the home team also had a goal from Klaas Jan Huntelaar wrongly disallowed .
Kyriakos Papadopoulos then doubled the lead in the 57th minute with Julian Draxler adding the third 10 minutes from time.
Shinji Okazaki pulled a goal back in the 87th minute for Stuttgart but it was too little too late to worry the hosts as they made the most of Bayern’s defeat to Borussia Monchengladbach last night.
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