Bochum 3-2 Bayern Munich: Harry Kane goal not enough as Bayern lose third game in a row

England captain Harry Kane’s late goal at Bochum was not enough as Bayern Munich suffered their third consecutive defeat in nine days.

Bochum scored twice, with goals from Takuma Asano and Keven Schlotterbeck.

Kevin Stoger’s penalty made it 3-1 after Dayot Upamecano had been sent off and, despite Kane’s 25th league goal of the season, it was not enough.

Thomas Tuchel’s Bayern are now eight points behind Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen.

Bayern have been German champions in each of the past 11 seasons but now face the possibility of ending the campaign without a trophy.

They lost in the German Super Cup in August and then went out of the German Cup in the second round to third-tier Saarbrucken in November.

Tuchel’s side lost 3-0 at Leverkusen on 10 February and were then beaten 1-0 by Lazio in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie in midweek.

This defeat was the first time Bayern have lost three matches in a row since May 2015 when managed by Pep Guardiola.

More protests at Bundesliga games

Midway through the first half, and again early in the second, play was stopped for just under 10 minutes on each occasion following protests by the fans, in which tennis balls were thrown on to the pitch.

Protests are becoming a regular occurrence at Bundesliga matches with supporters unhappy with an investment proposal by the German Football Association.

In December, a majority vote by German clubs approved a proposal to sell some Bundesliga TV rights in exchange for investment capital and since then there has been a variety of protests.

Last week, tennis balls and chocolate gold coins were thrown on to the pitch by fans in the Borussia Dortmund section causing a 10-minute delay in their game against Freiburg.

On Friday, 9 February, there was also a protest during Hannover’s 4-3 win over Hamburg in Bundesliga 2.

Hamburg fans chained six padlocks to the goal and netting at half-time, three locks to either post at one end, with the padlocks having to be cut off before play could resume.

Kane continues to reach goalscoring landmarks

Bayern had scored first through Musiala’s powerful strike, but conceded twice in a five-minute spell after the first of the two stoppages.

Upamecano picked up his second yellow card and was dismissed after elbowing Schlotterbeck – his second sending-off in five days after being red-carded against Lazio – with Bochum converting the penalty to go 3-1 ahead.

Bundesliga’s top scorer Kane got a goal back late on but his side could not force an equaliser.

Kane, who moved from Tottenham for £86.4m last summer, has not won a major trophy in his career, so will be hoping Bayern can catch Leverkusen and turn around their European deficit.