Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer suffers calf tear while celebrating goal

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Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer suffers calf tear while celebrating goal

2025-03-06 19:35 Last Updated At：19:41

MUNICH (AP) — Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer is set for a spell watching from the sidelines after he was injured while celebrating a goal during Wednesday’s Champions League win over Bayer Leverkusen.

The 38-year-old Neuer tore a muscle fiber in his right calf, Bayern said on Thursday. Neuer “will be out for the time being,” the club added.

Neuer had to go off in the 58th minute of Bayern’s 3-0 win in the first leg of the Champions League last 16 tie. He had just tried celebrating Jamal Musiala’s goal – Bayern’s second on the night – when he pulled up in discomfort.

“Manu wanted to run – and then his calf went. He’d already said he was getting old,” teammate Joshua Kimmich joked.

The 21-year-old Jonas Urbig, a winter signing from Cologne, went on in Neuer’s place for his Bayern debut. Urbig will likely make his Bundesliga debut on Saturday when Bayern hosts Bochum.

It was the second time this season that Neuer was unable to finish a game against Leverkusen. The Bayern captain was sent off when the teams met in the German Cup in December. Leverkusen went on to win 1-0. It was Neuer’s first ever, and so far only, red card.

It's not the first bizarre injury Neuer has suffered. He broke his leg while skiing after the 2022 World Cup in December. He missed the rest of that season and returned only in October 2023 in an 8-0 out of Darmstadt.

Wednesday’s win was Bayern’s first in seven games against a Leverkusen team coached by Xabi Alonso.

The second leg takes place on Tuesday.

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Catton scores tiebreaking goal in 3rd period as Kraken rally from 2 goals down and beat Rangers 4-2

NEW YORK (AP) — Berkly Catton scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period, and the Seattle Kraken rallied from two goals down and beat the New York Rangers 4-2 on Monday night.

Eeli Tolvanen, Jordan Eberle and Jared McCann also scored for the Kraken, and Philipp Grubauer had 19 saves. Seattle won for the ninth time in 12 games (9-1-2).

Mika Zibanejad and Sam Carrick scored for the Rangers, and Jonathan Quick finished with 25 saves. New York lost for the seventh time in eight games (1-5-2) and fell to 5-12-4 at Madison Square Garden this season.

Catton gave the Kraken a 3-2 lead with 7:58 left in the third, knocking in a loose puck after his initial attempt was stopped by the right pad of a sprawled Quick down on the ice.

McCann added an empty-netter with 10 seconds remaining to seal the win.

Trailing 2-0 after 20 minutes, the Kraken tied it with two goals in the first 4 1/2 minutes of the second period.

Frederick Gaudreau sent a backhand pass from the left side near the boards to Tolvanen in front, and settled the puck and beat Quick at the 1-minute mark.

Eberle tied it at 4:27 as he fired it past Quick from the high slot for his 16th of the season

Zibanejad scored for the Rangers 3:08 into the game. Grubauer deflected Zibanejad's initial shot wide and off the end board, and Zibanejad followed it and sent the rebound from behind the goal line back off the goalie and in for his 18th.

Carrick made it 2-0 less than 2 1/2 minutes later. After a turnover by the Kraken in the neutral zone back across the blue line, Carrick got the puck, skated into the left circle and beat Grubauer low on the blocker side.

Kraken: At New Jersey on Wednesday night in the third of a five-game trip.

Rangers: Host Ottawa on Wednesday night to finish a two-game homestand.

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