Neuer has to leave the field in his record game

FC Bayern wins 2-1 in Mainz and remains top of the Bundesliga. Joshua Kimmich and Lennart Kart score the goals for the Munich team, who only have to tremble briefly after Phillip Tietz's goal in stoppage time.

But the victory came at a high price. Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer had to be replaced shortly before halftime. The 40-year-old was injured in an unsuccessful rescue operation. Neuer missed a Mainz cross because Jonathan Tah deflected the ball slightly.

The ball bounced from Neuer's upper body to Jae-Sung Lee, who headed it in for Mainz to make it 1-1. But the video referee conceded the goal because Mainz was offside. Neuer remained lying on the grass after the defensive action and indicated that he could not continue playing. He received treatment on his right foot before being substituted for Jonas Urbig.

Neuer has repeatedly had problems with tendon irritation in his foot in recent weeks. After the win at Atlético Madrid (2-0) in the Champions League, Neuer said on "Amazon Prime" on Tuesday: "I had pain when I walked every day. And when I got up in the morning, this morning too, I had pain when I walked again."

Now the next setback. "It's what was already on the foot before. It's now happened again. We hope it's not that bad," said Bayern's sports director Max Eberl.

Neuer is now the oldest Bundesliga player in Bayern's history

The game started with a new record for Neuer. With his start, Neuer became Bayern's oldest Bundesliga player at 40 years and 225 days. He caught up with former goalkeeper Bernd Dreher (40 years and 198 days), but is now well behind Uli Stein and Toni Schumacher in the Bundesliga standings, who were still between the posts at over 42 years old.

"From the outside it wasn't a brilliant performance, but we allowed very little and played confidently. The victory was never in danger," said Joshua Kimmich, who was back on the pitch for the first time since his father's death and scored straight away: "Because of the story with my dad, the goal was very emotional for me. After the goal, of course, I immediately thought about it, so it was more emotional than usual."