Bochum keeper Manuel Riemann (33) wrote a piece of Bundesliga history with his missed penalty on Saturday
With the score at 1:0 in the 76th minute, VfL had a great chance to take the lead, but Riemann thundered the ball over the goal. In the end, however, the Bochum keeper could breathe a sigh of relief, because on the one hand he kept the score level – and on the other hand Milos Pantovic scored from his own half in the seventh minute of stoppage time to make it 2-0.
Riemann’s penalty miss was the eleventh by a goalkeeper in Bundesliga history – six of which were missed by penalty specialist Jörg Butt alone, the last one on 30 January 2010 in the FC Bayern goalkeeper’s jersey. Since the 1963/64 season, however, 35 penalties have been converted by Bundesliga goalkeepers. Butt is far and away the leader in this statistic with 26 penalties scored.
The 11 missed penalties at a glance:
6 November 2021: Manuel Riemann (VfL Bochum)
30 January 2010: Jörg Butt (Bayern Munich)
22 May 2004: Jörg Butt (Bayer 04 Leverkusen)
20 April 2002: Jörg Butt (Bayer 04 Leverkusen)
23 February 2002: Oliver Kahn (Bayern Munich)
5 May 2001: Tomislav Piplica (Energie Cottbus)
15 April 2001: Jörg Butt (Hamburger SV)
3 October 1998: Jörg Butt (Hamburger SV)
27 October 1972: Fred-Werner Bockholt
23 September 1972: Norbert Nigbur (FC Schalke 04)
17 May 1969: Petar Radenkovic (1860 München)
