100 club: Neuer chases Müller and Ronaldo in the Champions League | OneFootball

FC Bayern maintained their perfect record in the Champions League with a 5-1 away victory against Pafos FC. For goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, it was a night full of records—even though he didn't keep a clean sheet.

Neuer had already reached a historic milestone during the opening victory against Chelsea: it was his 100th win in the Champions League. With the success in Cyprus, he has now matched Iker Casillas. Both stand at 101 victories—no other goalkeeper has more. Only Cristiano Ronaldo (115), Thomas Müller (111), and Casillas are slightly ahead of the Bayern goalkeeper, whom he has now officially caught up with.

"It's something special to be at the top of this statistic. But in the end, what matters most to me is that we win the games," Neuer said after the match.

One record falls, the next awaits

In 152 Champions League matches, the 39-year-old has now reached this impressive number. Looking upwards is realistic: club colleague Müller (111 wins) is within reach, and even Ronaldo (115) seems not out of sight with a bit of luck. Behind Neuer are Lionel Messi and Toni Kroos, each with 95 wins. In terms of appearances in the Champions League, Neuer has already surpassed his 2014 World Cup-winning colleague. Kroos has 151 CL games.

Another record belongs solely to the world champion: with 60 games without conceding a goal, he leads the "clean sheet" list of the Champions League confidently. Casillas had finished 57 games without conceding a goal.

However, in Cyprus, the clean sheet did not stand. Ironically, during the clear victory, Neuer was annoyed by the goal conceded to make it 1-4, which Mislav Orsic scored with a spectacular Sunday shot. "Such goals are hard to prevent," the keeper remarked briefly.

Despite the blemish: Neuer continues to write his legend—and chases the big names in the Champions League.

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