Things started off great for Bayern Munich against Bayer Leverkusen as it controlled possession and seemed to be on its way to wearing down the visitors. Well...about that. In the 17th minute, Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer inexplicably — and recklessly — barreled into Bayer Leverkusen’s Jeremie Frimpong just outside the box to earn a red card and throw the entire match into disarray for the Bavarians: Here is a video (for as long as it is posted on X,

Manuel Neuer was sent off for the first time in his career to reduce Bayern Munich to 10 players after 17 minutes at home to Bayer Leverkusen.

Bayern and Leverkusen is a much more even contest these days with Alonso overseeing an unbeaten four-game run against Kompany's outfit. The visitors have scored in their last 34 DFB Pokal away games but the last time that they failed to score in a domestic cup game was back in 2015 against Bayern which finished on penalties.