Borussia Dortmund 3–2 Werder Bremen

Borussia Dortmund looked to be cruising after Serhou Guirassy and Carney Chukwuemeka put them 2-0 up inside seventeen minutes, but Werder Bremen refused to fold in this DFB Pokal tie. Niclas Füllkrug, the man who knows Dortmund's defense all too well, struck twice in three second-half minutes to level it at 2-2 and drag Bremen level against the run of play. It looked set for extra time until Marcel Sabitzer popped up in the 93rd minute to snatch the winner and send Dortmund through 3-2, completing a five-goal thriller that swung three times before the final whistle. The win also extends Dortmund's recent dominance in this fixture, having won two of their last three meetings with Bremen without defeat. Füllkrug's double will sting all the more given how close he came to rescuing a result that seemed beyond reach at 2-0 down, and Sabitzer's nerve in stoppage time is exactly the kind of finish that separates a cup exit from a cup run. Watch how Sabitzer finds the net in the 93rd minute below, and see both Füllkrug strikes that nearly turned this tie on its head.