A Bundesliga 2 goalkeeper made one of the most bizarre mistakes ever seen on a football pitch today.

Duisberg star Mark Flekken started between the sticks in the German second division clash against Ingolstadt this afternoon.

But, just five minutes after his side opened the scoring, Flekken made a cataclysmic error.

He seemed to suffer a real-life glitch by turning around and walking into his net, just when his opponents were on the counter-attack.

It meant that when a ball was fired in, Ingolstadt striker Stefan Kutschke was given an open goal.


In fact, Flekken was going for some water but chose the worst possible time to rehydrate.

The comical moment quickly went viral on Twitter after being posted by BT Sport, with some likening it to glitches in computer games.

“I must have watched this four times... what is he doing?” one wrote.

Another added: “And I thought I was having a bad day.”

But a third viewer suggested the real reason why Flekken turned his back on play.

“Apparently, there was goal that happened just before this one which was disallowed.


“That's why the keeper turned around but he didn't notice that it was disallowed and the game continued.”