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

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.