Thomas Tuchel fighting for job as Bayern Munich hit worst run since 2015

It has been a disastrous nine days for Bayern Munich and their beleaguered manager Thomas Tuchel, a spell that has done major damage to their hopes of a 12th Bundesliga title on the spin.

On Sunday, the Bavarian giants fell to a shock 3-2 defeat at Vfl Bochum which meant Bayer Leverkusen cemented an eight-point lead at the top of the table following their victory at FC Heidenheim.

A week earlier, Bayern had been thumped 3-0 at Leverkusen when they had been out-thought and outfought by Xabi Alonso's side.

That was quickly followed by a disappointing 1-0 Champions League last-16 first-leg loss at Lazio, when Bayern failed to register a single shot on target against a side currently eighth in Serie A, 26 points behind leaders Inter Milan.

Sunday should have been a chance to get the season back on track. Bochum were in the bottom half of the table having won four games out of 21 and had been thumped 7-0 at Bayern's Allianz Arena in the halcyon days of late September.

That game had seen Harry Kane register the first of his three hat-tricks this season to help fire the team to the top of the table.

Fast forward less than five months and the England captain was again on target – but his 87th-minute goal proved to be a mere consolation as Bayern fell to a third defeat in a row for the first time since 2015, when Pep Guardiola was in charge.

“I feel the defeat was different to the last two, it was undeserved,” insisted Tuchel after a match in which his team was reduced to 10 men 14 minutes from the end when Dayot Upamecano was sent off for second time in five days.

“A lot went against us. We had five or six clear-cut chances and dominated the game. Everything that could go wrong did go wrong today.”

He also took aim at top-scorer