Late Brandt double helps Dortmund beat Gladbach in German Cup
Soccer Football - DFB Cup - Second Round - Borussia Dortmund v Borussia Moenchengladbach - Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund, Germany - October 30, 2019 Borussia Dortmund's Julian Brandt scores their second goal REUTERS/Leon Kuegeler DFB regulations prohibit any use of photographs as image sequences and/or quasi-video
BERLIN (Reuters) - Borussia Dortmund's Julian Brandt scored twice in three minutes late in the second half to help them come from a goal down and beat visitors Borussia Moenchengladbach 2-1 on Wednesday in the German Cup second round.
Germany midfielder Brandt fired in a deflected effort in the 77th minute after Marcus Thuram gave the Bundesliga leaders a deserved lead six minutes earlier.
Brandt was then left completely unmarked in the box to head an 80th-minute the winner, offering his club some respite after a string of bad league results dropped them down to fifth in the table.
Soccer Football - DFB Cup - Second Round - Borussia Dortmund v Borussia Moenchengladbach - Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund, Germany - October 30, 2019 Borussia Dortmund's Jadon Sancho in action with Borussia Moenchengladbach's Nico Elvedi REUTERS/Leon Kuegeler
In a bad tempered finale Gladbach coach Marco Rose was sent off for dissent in stoppage time.
RB Leipzig hammered VfL Wolfsburg, who are still unbeaten in the league, 6-1 with Timo Werner scoring twice, while Werder Bremen beat second tier Heidenheim 4-1.
On Tuesday holders Bayern Munich were made to sweat before beating VfL Bochum 2-1.
Soccer Football - DFB Cup - Second Round - Borussia Dortmund v Borussia Moenchengladbach - Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund, Germany - October 30, 2019 Borussia Moenchengladbach's Marcus Thuram shoots at goal REUTERS/Leon Kuegeler
(Reporting by Karolos Grohmann; Editing by Toby Davis)
Soccer Football - DFB Cup - Second Round - Borussia Dortmund v Borussia Moenchengladbach - Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund, Germany - October 30, 2019 Borussia Dortmund's Axel Witsel in action with Borussia Moenchengladbach's Marcus Thuram and Jonas Hofmann REUTERS/Leon Kuegeler Soccer Football - DFB Cup - Second Round - Borussia Dortmund v Borussia Moenchengladbach - Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund, Germany - October 30, 2019 Borussia Dortmund's Dan Axel Zagadou in action with Borussia Moenchengladbach's Marcus Thuram REUTERS/Leon Kuegeler DFB regulations prohibit any use of photographs as image sequences and/or quasi-videoSoccer Football - DFB Cup - Second Round - Borussia Dortmund v Borussia Moenchengladbach - Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund, Germany - October 30, 2019 Borussia Dortmund's Jacob Bruun Larsen in action with Borussia Moenchengladbach's Louis Beyer and Denis Zakaria REUTERS/Leon Kuegeler Soccer Football - DFB Cup - Second Round - Borussia Dortmund v Borussia Moenchengladbach - Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund, Germany - October 30, 2019 Borussia Dortmund coach Lucien Favre before the match REUTERS/Leon Kuegeler
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