Just when Slovakia thought it had broken through the German backline, Manuel Neuer came along to deny the underdogs an equaliser.
The acrobatic save was a product of Juraj Kucka leaping above his marker, Joshua Kimmich, to get his head on the end of a dangerous cross into the box.
Neuer, however, soared across the goalmouth and confidently deflected the header safely out of bounds.
Things got worse for Slovakia when Germany made it 2-0 less than five minutes later.