European football: Bayern beat Mainz but Neuer’s record-breaking day turns sour

Veteran becomes club’s oldest player but suffers injuryKeeper also in spotlight after another gaffeBayern Munich secured a 2-1 victory over Mainz in the Bundesliga on Saturday but the form ⁠of goalkeeper Manuel Neuer will again be in the spotlight after another error almost produced an equaliser for the home side ⁠in the first ⁠half.Neuer became Bayern’s ​oldest player at 40 years, 225 days, overtaking Bernd Dreher, but was forced off with a recurrence of a foot injury ⁠that had kept him out of recent matches, replaced before half-time by Jonas Urbig.This story will be updated Continue reading…

Veteran becomes club’s oldest player but suffers injury while the keeper is also in spotlight after another gaffe Bayern Munich secured a 2-1 victory over Mainz in the Bundesliga on Saturday but the form ⁠of goalkeeper Manuel Neuer will again be in the spotlight after another error almost produced an equaliser for the home side ⁠in the first ⁠half. Neuer became Bayern’s ​oldest player at 40 years, 225 days, overtaking Bernd Dreher, but was forced off with a recurrence of a foot injury ⁠that had kept him out of recent matches, replaced before half-time by Jonas Urbig.

Neuer was left flailing at a cross that resulted ⁠in Mainz’s Lee Jae-sung putting the ball in the back of the net with Bayern ​leading 1-0, though the effort was ‌ruled out for offside. Neuer’s mistake ‌against Augsburg last month, which resulted in the fastest-ever Bundesliga goal after eight seconds ‌by Robin Fellhauer, was the latest in a growing number for the keeper once