Bayern Munich is eliminated from the German Cup by Bayer Leverkusen following Manuel Neuer's first career red

After Manuel Neuer received his first red card in his 866-game career, Nathan Tella's strike in the second half gave the Bundesliga champions a 1-0 victory on Tuesday, eliminating Bayern Munich from the German Cup by holders Bayer Leverkusen. Eighteen minutes into the German Cup last-16 match, the 38-year-old hurried out of the box in typical manner, taking out an oncoming Jeremie Frimpong and receiving a straight red. 18 months after joining Bayern, Israel custodian Daniel Peretz made his Bayern debut after Neuer's dismissal.

Despite the one-man disadvantage, Bayern, who were already without Harry Kane due to injury, dominated the ball and dug deep.

However, in the 69th minute, Tella headed in a cross from Alex Grimaldo to give the visitors the lead.

Tella replaced injured striker Patrik Schick, who was replaced at halftime, and had only been on the pitch for eight minutes.

Leverkusen held on to give Vincent Kompany his first domestic loss since taking over as Bayern coach, despite a shot from home winger Michael Olise that went millimetres wide in the fourth minute of stoppage time.

Jonathan Tah, the captain of Leverkusen, said ARD, "We tried to move too fast and were too busy." "We told ourselves to be patient at halftime, and we succeeded.

"I didn't know Nathan could be so good with his head."

"The game was decided by the red card," Neuer told reporters. I apologise; it harmed us."

Leverkusen, led by Xabi Alonso, advanced to the round of eight after winning an undefeated league and cup double the previous season.

Bayern has a record 20 German Cup victories, 14 more than the next best, although they haven't advanced past the quarterfinals since defeating Leverkusen 4-2 in the championship game in 2020.

In other news, Werder Bremen defeated Darmstadt 1-0 in stoppage time thanks to a goal from Anthony Jung that sent them to the quarterfinals.

Freiburg was eliminated after losing 3-1 at Arminia Bielefeld, while Stuttgart advanced with a 3-0 victory at Regensburg.

Three-time champion Stuttgart dominated their opponents in the second tier, grabbing the lead with a deft individual goal from Enzo Millot just ten minutes into the match.

Nine minutes later, Japanese defender Anrie Chase scored his first goal for Stuttgart by heading in from a free kick to extend the visitors' lead.

Stuttgart's third goal came from Nick Woltemade, who broke through and rounded the goalie.

Freiburg, the 2022 finalists, were favoured to defeat third-division Bielefeld and appeared to be on track until Michael Gregoritsch won a penalty kick 15 minutes in, causing Maximilian Grosser to commit a careless foul.

However, it was easy to save Florent Muslija's meek spot-kick.

On 28 minutes, Christopher Lannert's superb long-range shot gave the home team the lead. Nine minutes before halftime, Gregoritsch gave away a penalty, which Julian Kania converted without hesitation.

Just after the hour, Gregoritsch drew one back, but Louis Oppie's goal nine minutes from the end put Bielefeld out of reach.