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Wednesday, 29 April 2015

Bayern Munich 1-1 Borussia Dortmund (0-2 on pens): Bavarians suffer penalty shoot-out embarrassment

Bayern Munich suffered penalty shoot-out embarrassment after missing all four of their spot-kicks as they were dumped out of the DFB-Pokal semi-finals by Borussia Dortmund.


After normal time ended with the sides level at 1-1, the extra 30 minutes failed to produce a winner - though Kevin Kampl did see red for Dortmund.

Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer missed the crucial spot-kick after Philipp Lahm, Xabi Alonso and Mario Gotze had also failed from the spot to send Jurgen Klopp's men through 2-0 on penalties in his final season at the helm.

Earlier Robert Lewandowski had put Bayern ahead with his third goal in as many games against the club he left for the Allianz Arena in July last year.

However, that was cancelled out in the 75th minute by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who struck from close range to force extra time.

Arjen Robben, who had come on to mark his return from injury seven minutes before that goal, limped off late on to inflict another blow on Bayern, who were crowned Bundesliga champions for the third season running on Sunday.

The hosts' luck appeared to be in when Dortmund substitute Kampl was sent off for a second bookable offence in the additional half an hour, but they could not force a way through and Pep Guardiola's men saw their hopes of a treble ended as the visitors kept their cool in the shootout to seal a place at the Berlin showpiece.

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