Staff Reporter.
Bayern Munich slumped to a shock 3-2 loss at lowly Bochum on Sunday, suffering a third successive defeat for the first time since 2015 and leaving them eight points behind Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga title race.
The result followed a 3-0 defeat to Leverkusen and a 1-0 loss to Lazio in the Champions League as coach Thomas Tuchel came under renewed pressure.
Bayern, who had Dayot Upamecano sent off for the second consecutive match after his dismissal in Wednesday’s Champions League loss to Lazio; earned a 13th-minute lead with Jamal Musiala scoring from a tight angle.
But Bochum struck twice before the break with Takuma Asano and Keven Schlotterbeck to complete a stunning comeback for the hosts and pile more pressure on embattled Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel.
The game was repeatedly interrupted, with fans throwing tennis balls on to the pitch in protest at a planned foreign investment in the Bundesliga.
The hosts added a third with an 85th-minute Kevin Stoger penalty after Upamecano’s dismissal for elbowing an opponent in the box. Harry Kane cut the deficit with a tap-in in stoppage time for his 25th league goal.
Bayern are in second place on 50 points, eight behind Leverkusen, while Bochum moved up to 11th on 25.
Earlier on Sunday, Michael Gregoritsch’s late equaliser saw Freiburg fight back to draw 3-3 against Eintracht Frankfurt at the Europa-Park Stadion.
Play was halted midway through the second half because of protests from fans – which saw remote-controlled planes flown around the stadium while sweets were thrown onto the pitch behind one of the goals.
When the action resumed, Ansgar Knauff’s second goal of the game had Frankfurt back in front at 3-2 with 20 minutes left, only for Gregoritsch to head in a last-minute equaliser.