Jonas Urbig has replaced Manuel Neuer as Bayern Munich goalkeeper following the German's injury but has already set a negative record in net.
Urbig replaced Neuer through injuryHas already set negative recordComes following Bayern's slip-up vs DortmundFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?
Urbig made his fifth Bundesliga appearance for Bayern in the 2-2 draw with Borussia Dortmund on Saturday evening. Across these games the 21-year-old did not manage to keep a clean sheet. It means Urbig becomes the first Bayern goalkeeper in history not to keep a clean sheet in any of his first five Bundesliga appearances for the German giants.
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Bayern brought Urbig to Munich from 1. FC Koln in January for €7million (£6.1m/$7.9m). The plan was for the German Under-21 keeper to initially learn from Manuel Neuer and act as number two.
However, after Neuer was injured in the Champions League last-16 first leg against Bayer Leverkusen, Urbig made his debut for Bayern at the start of March and has been in goal for manager Vincent Kompany's team ever since.
DID YOU KNOW?
In Urbig's first Bundesliga appearance, Bayern suffered a surprise 3-2 home defeat to VfL Bochum, and after that, the young goalkeeper never went a game in the Bundesliga without conceding a goal – a 1-1 draw at Union Berlin and a 3-2 win over St. Pauli were followed by a 3-1 win in Augsburg and the 2-2 draw against BVB.
In the Champions League, Urbig has kept two clean sheets – he came on for the injured Neuer just before the hour mark in the 3-0 win against Leverkusen and kept a second clean sheet in the 2-0 second-leg win at Bayer.
WHAT'S NEXT?
Since Neuer is not yet ready to make his comeback in the quarter-final second leg at Inter, Urbig will continue his run in Milan on Wednesday. Bayern have to make up a 2-1 deficit from the first leg if they are to book their spot in the Champions League semi-finals.
When exactly Neuer will be fit to play again was left open to discussion by Bayern's sporting director Max Eberl after the draw against Dortmund.
