Eight games left, both Bayer Leverkusen and Bochum have things to play for – Leverkusen the title, Bochum relegation. Leverkusne laid down the gauntlet for Bayern with a 3-1 win against Bochum. Whatever happened after Leverkusen’s game against Stuttgart just before the international break,

Will Leverkusen finish ahead of Bayern when the music stops? Let's just say it would take a well-nigh unprecedented swing of the pendulum this late in a Bundesliga campaign along the lines of Stuttgart overtaking Schalke in 2006-07, but I've been around long enough to know that you should never say it can't happen.

Bundesliga champion Bayer Leverkusen has beaten lowly Bochum 3-1 to keep alive its hopes of catching league leader Bayern Munich.