Bayern Munich boss Jurgen Klinsmann was under more pressure on Saturday as two late goals by lowly VfL Bochum sealed a 3-3 draw at the Allianz Arena to put the defending champions 11th in the Bundesliga.
After defeats by Werder Bremen and Hanover, Bayern have now gone three league games without a win and Klinsmann is feeling the heat.
Despite Bayern taking a 3-1 lead, with two goals from Brazilian Ze Roberto, Bochum scored twice in the last 10 minutes through midfielders Christoph Dabrowski and Dennis Grote.
Daniel van Buyten had scored an early goal to put Bayern ahead, but Bochum’s Turkey striker Sinan Kaloglu equalized in the 30th minute, only for Ze Roberto to score on the stroke of halftime to give Bayern a 2-1 cushion.
The Brazilian popped up again on 68 minutes to score his third goal, before Dabrowski and Grote ruined the party in Munich.
Hoffenheim are again Bundesliga leaders after their 2-1 win over Eintracht Frankfurt as Senegal striker Demba Ba scored twice to give his side three points. There are now three sides all on 13 points at the league’s summit and Stuttgart are second in the table thanks to their shock 4-1 home win over Werder Bremen.
The home team scored two goals in the first half-hour to put their guests on the back foot. Bremen earned a draw at Inter in mid-week in the Champions League, but Werder were powerless as Stuttgart midfielders Sami Khedira and Christian Traesch put their side ahead.
Germany midfielder Roberto Hilbert made it 3-0 just after the hour mark, before Bremen’s Brazilian Diego scored a consolation goal with a free-kick and midfielder Martin Lanig added Stuttgart’s fourth two minutes from time. The result leaves Bremen sixth.
Bayer Leverkusen dropped to fourth in the table as former Liverpool striker Andrey Voronin scored an 89th-minute winner for visitors Hertha Berlin to seal a 1-0 victory.
In Saturday’s other match, Cologne scored late to win 2-1 at Borussia Munchengladbach.
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