Neuer takes responsibility for ‘silly mistake’ in Bayern draw

Manuel Neuer called his early mistake in Bayern Munich’s 2-2 draw with Augsburg a “silly mistake”

Bayern two times originated from behind at WWK Arena to restore a point as Ismael Saibari and Nathaniel Brown counteracted objectives from Robin Fellhauer and Rodrigo Ribeiro.

Fellhauer scored after simply 8.37 seconds as he dispossessed Neuer and dispatched into a vulnerable internet, tape-recording the fastest objective in Bundesliga history.

Bayern have actually begun the Bundesliga season with 11 points from their very first 5 matches– the last time they had less points at this phase remained in 2010-11 (8).

Bayern are unbeaten in their last 29 Bundesliga video games (W21 D8)– they have just had a longer unbeaten run away from home as soon as in the past, with 33 successive unbeaten matches in between 2012 and 2014.

“It was a silly mistake by me,” stated Neuer, who, at 40 years and 197 days old, has actually surpassed Jens Lehmann to end up being the seventh-oldest gamer in Bundesliga history.

“I had to bring the ball onto my left foot due to the fact that 2 gamers were closing me down from the. I ought to just have actually made a various choice.

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“I initially needed to show, take a deep breath and, naturally, I still hoped we might turn the video game around.

“I think we had the chances to do so, but unfortunately, we failed to take them.”

Bayern stopped working to move level on points with early Bundesliga leaders Borussia Dortmund, who drew 2-2 with Werder Bremen on Friday.

Regardless of the pricey error from Neuer, Vincent Kompany has actually backed his goalkeeper to recuperate rapidly.

“Of course, we wished for a better start. I’ve played enough football to know that this happens, and you can’t change it,” stated the Bayern employer.

“He knows how to deal with the situation, and we stand together as a team.”