This Bundesliga star’s game went from amazingly well to horrifyingly awful in the blink of an eye.
Hamburg’s Nicolai Muller grabbed the only goal of his side’s Bundesliga victory over Augsburg at the weekend.
Muller showed killer instinct to place the ball home on the far post, getting on the end of a cross that missed pretty much everyone else. Having only scored five league goals in last season’s campaign, Muller may not be used to celebrating appropriately.
Having only scored five league goals in last season’s campaign, Muller may not be used to celebrating appropriately. This really showed when he attempted to give his lovely effort the celebration it warranted.
It all started with a twirl…
And at the mid-way point of his pirouette routine, Muller took flight.
He wound up his right leg and used it as a launching pad…
He got some good hang-time, but he may have used up all his focus on only half of the move.
For you see, what goes up, must come down and Muller did not stick the landing at all.
He immediately dropped to his knees and began clutching his right leg while screaming in agony. His teammates swarmed him, not realising that he was hurt.
Soon it became apparent that Muller was in a bad way. He rolled onto his back and started screaming more aggressively which caused concern among his teammates.
The surrounding players raised their hands, not in celebration this time, but rather to signify the physio to come check the fallen winger out.
After receiving several minutes of treatment, Muller was able to continue playing… briefly.
While he was able to put his weight on his leg, he needed to be taken off as a substitute five minutes later.
It’s since emerged that the player ruptured an anterior cruciate ligament in the incident, and is expected to be out for up to seven months.
Check out the bizarre moment in the video below.
Nicolai Muller has been ruled out for seven months after rupturing his ACL due to celebrating his goal 😬 pic.twitter.com/PsDTLmOny3
— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) August 20, 2017
