Borussia Dortmund Crash Out Of German Cup

Flu-hit Bundesliga leaders Borussia Dortmund crashed out of the German Cup on Tuesday, losing a penalty shoot-out at home to Werder Bremen following a 3-3 draw after extra time.

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Goalkeeper Jiri Pavlenka was Bremen’s hero in the shoot-out as he saved Dortmund’s opening attempts from Paco Alcacer and Maximilian Philipp as Bremen won the last-16 tie 4-2 on penalties.

It finished 1-1 over 90 minutes after Dortmund captain Marco Reus rifled home a direct free-kick to cancel out an early goal by Bremen’s Milot Rashica.

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The game exploded into life with four goals in extra time as Bremen twice equalised, through substitutes Claudio Pizarro and Martin Harnik, to force penalties after Chelsea-bound Christian Pulisic and Achraf Hakimi had scored for Dortmund.

“It’s a bitter defeat,” admitted Dortmund striker Mario Goetze.

“We shouldn’t have conceded two equalisers in extra time and then to lose on penalties is really tough.”

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Peru veteran Pizarro, who turns 41 in October, was delighted with his 56th German Cup goal.

“That will have done us good – we deserved to go through,” beamed the former Chelsea and Bayern Munich striker.

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Flu meant Dortmund were without England winger Jadon Sancho and defender Lukasz Piszczek, as well as first-choice goalkeeper Roman Burki and his back-up, Swiss international Marwin Hitz.

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