Bremen 2-3 Bayern: Lewandowski's late penalty fires Bavarians to DFB Pokal final

RB Leipzig will face Bayern Munich in the final of the DFB-Pokal after Niko Kovac's side won 3-2 in a thriller at Werder Bremen.

Match Events

36' GOAL! Bremen 0-1 Bayern (Lewandowski)

Goal! The away team take a 0-1 lead through Robert Lewandowski.

63' GOAL! Bremen 0-2 Bayern (Muller)

 A shot by Goretzka that will count as an assist, found Muller who placed it beautifly behind Pavlenka's back!

74' GOAL! Bremen 1-2 Bayern (Osako)

Osako gets one back for the hosts.

75' GOAL! Bremen 2-2 Bayern (Rashica)

Goal! Milot Rashica equalizes to bring the score to 2-2.

80' Penalty Goal! Bremen 2-3 Bayern (Lewandowski)

Penalty for Bayern! Lewandowski scores to make it 3:2!

Match Report

Robert Lewandowski scored twice as Bayern Munich booked a place in the DFB-Pokal final with a 3-2 win at Werder Bremen, surviving a stirring second-half fightback.

Lewandowski's first-half goal put Bayern on track and when Thomas Muller added their second after the interval at Weser-Stadion on Wednesday they seemed set to cruise into a final against RB Leipzig in Berlin.

But Werder hit back with Yuya Osako and Milot Rashica on target with a quickfire double to briefly draw them level before Lewandowski converted a controversial penalty in the 80th minute to win it.

Player Ratings

Line-ups

Bremen XI: Moisander, Kruse, G.Selassie, Y. Ōsako, Klaassen, L. Augustinsson, K. Möhwald, M. Veljkovic, M. Rashica, J. Pavlenka, Eggestein

Subs: Harnik, C. Pizarro, Langkamp, S. Kapino, F. Beijmo, Eggestein, Friedl

Bayern XI: J.Martínez, J. Boateng, M. Hummels, S. Ulreich, Alaba, T. Müller, R. Lewandowski, Thiago Alcântara, Gnabry, J. Kimmich, Coman

Subs: Rafinha, J. Rodríguez, L. Goretzka, C. Tolisso, R.Sanches, A. Davies, R. Hoffmann