“Probably something serious” – 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.

“He felt something in his foot again,” said Bayern interim coach Aaron Danks on Sky. The goalkeeper is now being examined: "At the moment we don't know anything. It was obviously not good."

The captain thinks so too. Joshua Kimmich is worried about Neuer, he doesn't have a good feeling: "It didn't look like he could train again after a week. Manu never admits the pain anyway - and if he does go out, then unfortunately it's probably something serious."

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.