{
  "id": 19027929,
  "title": "Neuer's record-breaking day turns sour",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/neuers-record-breaking-day-turns-sour",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-08T22:00:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/sports/football/2026/11/1573638/neuers-record-breaking-day-turns-sour"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Bayern Munich secured a 2-1 victory over Mainz in the Bundesliga on Saturday, but goalkeeper Manuel Neuer's performance is again under scrutiny following an error that nearly resulted in an equaliser for the home side in the first half. Neuer, now 40 years and 225 days, became Bayern's oldest player, surpassing Bernd Dreher, but his career was interrupted by a recurrence of a foot injury. He was replaced by Jonas Urbig before halftime.\n\nNeuer's mistake allowed Mainz's Lee Jae-Sung to score with the ball in the back of the net, despite the effort being ruled out for offside. This incident echoed Neuer's earlier error against Augsburg last month, which resulted in the fastest-ever Bundesliga goal after just eight seconds. Since then, Neuer has made one error leading to a goal in every three matches, a stark contrast to his previous 17 Bundesliga games, where he only made one such error every 24.8 games.\n\nSince the Augsburg fixture where he was substituted, Neuer has played twice, missing four games due to the foot injury. He returned for Bayern's 2-0 Champions League win at Atletico Madrid. Harry Kane, Ballon d'Or winner, failed to score against Mainz but contributed two assists for Joshua Kimmich and the 18-year-old Lennart Karl. Bayern extended their unbeaten away run in the league to 31 games, maintaining their lead at the top of the Bundesliga ahead of Borussia Dortmund, both teams boasting 21 points from nine games. Dortmund narrowly defeated promoted Elversberg 2-1, thanks to two goals from Felix Nmecha.",
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