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20th August 2017
02:53pm BST
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.
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