The current VfL Bochum No. 1 – one week removed from an embarrassing error that cost his team a league fixture – has now gone from zero to hero after Bochum’s historic win away over Bayern Munich.
Horn helped Bochum secure the upset with massive saves against Eric Dier and Jamal Musiala. With some help from the post, the 31-year-old was spared a converted Serge Gnabry penalty that could have swung the match. A combination of luck and skill helped write another chapter in Horn’s sensational story since he returned to the Bundesliga.
VfL Bochum head coach Dieter Hecking’s decision to appoint Horn the club’s No. 11 and stick with him after last week’s mistake has paid off. Since the turn of the calendar year, the relegation-threatened Revierklub have battled back to draw RB Leipzig, upset Dortmund without some of their best players and now knocked off the mighty German giants.