The Bernabeu put an end to Ter Stegen's unbeaten record. The German goalkeeper could only extend his personal record by 12 more minutes. The time it took for Real Madrid to open the scoring with a goal from Benzema. The German's stopwatch stopped at 636 minutes without conceding a goal. Before the break Valverde's second came and five minutes from the end he conceded another goal from Rodrygo Goes after a penalty caused by Eric Garcia.
To date, Ter Stegen had only conceded one goal so far in the League. He beat Isak at Anoeta on matchday two, but since then he had kept a clean sheet. Not even the casualties in defense of Koundé and Araújo changed this dynamic. Until the appointment of the Bernabeu Ter Stegen had chained six consecutive games in the League: Valladolid, Seville, Cádiz, Elche, Mallorca and Celta.
The German goalkeeper, who was in one of his best moments as a professional, broke his own record on October 1 in Mallorca when he reached 534 minutes without conceding a goal. "There are always things to improve, but I am giving everything to reach one hundred percent and, for now, you can see it", said the goalkeeper after the game in Son Moix.
At the Bernabeu Ter Stegen has fallen far short of the absolute Blaugrana record. The goalkeeper who has spent the longest time under Barça's goal without receiving a goal is the Chilean Claudio Bravo in the 2014-15 season. He managed to keep a clean sheet in the first eight days of the League (755 minutes), beating the Barcelona record held by Víctor Valdés with 686 unbeaten minutes.
