Another trophy passes Harry Kane by! Manuel Neuer's first-ever red card sees Bayern Munich dumped out of DFB-Pokal by Bayer Leverkusen

With Kane out with a thigh injury, Vincent Kompany deployed Jamal Musiala as the No.9 with Michael Olise slotted in the hole, right behind the Germany international. Bayern started the game in the ascendancy, however, it was Leverkusen who came close to breaking the deadlock in the 11th minute, when Florian Wirtz intercepted a misplaced pass from Dayot Upamecano and took a shot from the edge of the box only to miss the target.

Six minutes later, disaster struck the hosts as veteran goalkeeper Neuer collected his first red card of his career. The ex-Germany star came out of his line as Jeremie Frimpong approached the goal from a counter-attack. Neuer pounced on the Dutch full-back and in the process received his marching order. Kompany was forced to sacrifice Leroy Sane as Daniel Peretz came on as the replacement keeper.

The hosts' first major goalscoring opportunity came minutes after the half-hour mark Laimer entered the box after playing a quick one-two with Musiala, however, the full-back hit the sidenet. On the stroke of halftime, Leon Goretzka attempted to find the back of the net with a clinical header of a pinpoint free-kick from Joshua Kimmich, but Matej Kovar did well to parry the ball away from a close range.

The second half began in a cagey manner as the Bavarian side looked a bit cautious with a man down. The deadlock, though, finally broke in the 69th minute when substitute Tella converted a header from an inch-perfect cross from Alejandro Grimaldo.

Kompany went all out towards the end of the match as he introduced Serge Gnabry and Mathys Tel on the pitch in a bid to inject more firepower into the attack. In the end, though, it was Xabi Alonso's side, who had the last laugh. Kane watched his side bow out of the DFB-Pokal in agony as the England captain's trophy drought continued.

It took super-sub Tella just eight minutes to score the all-important goal since coming on as a substitute for Patrik Schick just past the hour mark. The 25-year-old England-born Nigerian winger, who is the third-shortest Leverkusen player after Grimaldo and Frimpong, converted a perfect header to seal the fate of the game.

Neuer's moment of madness early into the match completely derailed his team's strategy as the experienced goalkeeper was sent off for colliding with Frimpong outside the Bayern box. The 38-year-old's sending-off led to Kompany taking off Sane which deeply affected the team's attack in the remainder of the game.

Kompany's men will be back in action this weekend in the Bundesliga as they take on Heidenheim at home, but Kane is unlikely to feature in the game as he continues to recover from his injury.