Die Roten created their first real chance of the game in the 22nd minute when a deep cross from Thomas Muller found Robert Lewandowski unmarked at the far post, but his header found the side netting.
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We take all of our opponents seriously; otherwise you don’t win nine games in a row in the Bundesliga. “The records won’t do anything for us in our next few games, but it’s something which has never happened in Bundesliga history, so it’s fascinating”, said Mueller.
“Our aim’s always to win the three points, if then it leads to us breaking a record then that’s all the better”.
Dieter Hecking was taking charge of a Bundesliga game for the 300th time and saw his side open the scoring with just 41 seconds played when Julian Draxler squared for Kruse to score his first goal since signing from Borussia Monchengladbach in the summer.
Third-place Schalke scored in stoppage time to win their showdown against ten-man Hertha Berlin 2-1, while VfL Wolfsburg prepped for a return to Champions League action with a Max Kruse hat trick producing a 4-2 win against Hoffenheim. Kruse then completed his hat trick by turning in a cross from Andre Schurrle with seven minutes remaining as Wolfsburg made the points safe.
Benedikt Howedes had earlier headed Schalke in front but Salomon Kalou’s 73rd-minute header looked set to earn Hertha a share of the spoils.
Raffael put the visitors ahead in the 16th minute after Yann Sommer saved Lars Stindl’s initial effort.
The German champions will face Arsenal at the Emirates on Tuesday night in the Champions League, with Arsene Wenger’s men face the tricky task of claiming their first points of this year’s competition.
Leverkusen slipped to eighth after their fourth draw.
Darmstadt climbed to ninth thanks to first half strikes from Sandro Wagner and Peter Niemeyer.
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There are two games on Sunday, with Cologne entertaining Hannover and Ingolstadt at bottom club Stuttgart.
