Muller ridiculed after watching his corner bobble out for a goal kick vs Schalke

With a player as gifted as Thomas Muller you'd think taking a corner would be simple enough for the World Cup winner. Think again.

The Bayern Munich star went up to deliver the set-piece and tried to take it quickly with Phillippe Coutinho running in at the near post, but he got it all wrong as he mis-hit the ball and watched it bobble straight along the turf and out for a goal kick.

The Bundesliga leaders had been playing Schalke in the German Cup quarter-finals and secured a 1-0 win to advance to the semi-finals thanks to a goal by defender Josh Kimmich.

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Bayern had been leading at the time of the embarrassing corner as Muller volunteered to take it and was keen to get it in quickly in a bid to increase their advantage shortly after the half-time interval.

Initially Muller began walking away from the ball, with the German looking to have given the set-piece to another taker, but he quickly moved back with his team pushing forwards into the box.

But he'll probably wish he hadn't ended up taking it after seeing it trickle over the line, and the 30-year-old immediately hit the deck in disbelief at what he had done.

He had his head in his hands before curling up into a ball on the grass following the embarrassing gaffe, but with his team-mates retreating back into position, he quickly got up again and jogged back looking to make up for the error.

The social media page of the DFB-Pokal poked fun at the player, saying he was 'a man of many talents, just not corner kicks'.

Observers and football fans haven't let Muller forget the error either, with one calling it 'maybe the worst corner ever'.

Another compared it to Alexander Trent-Arnold's quick-thinking corner for Liverpool against Barcelona in the Champions League semi-final, saying Muller was 'in the wrong red uniform to do this'.

Muller's lack of finesse at the corner should come as surprise with the German star racking up a stunning number of assists for Bayern this season.

He has notched 16 assists for his team-mates in the Bundesliga to lead them to the top of the table, with one coming in the Champions League. Last season he had ten assists and 16 the season before.

The highly-decorated player has won eight league titles with the German giants, in addition to five German Cups, the Champions League. And he will go down in German football folklore after helping them lift the World Cup in 2014.