Stoppage-time penalty keeps Dortmund in the hunt
Emre Can's last-gasp penalty saw Borussia Dortmund edge to a 3-2 victory over St Pauli, keeping some pressure on Bundesliga leader Bayern Munich.
Niko Kovac's side seemed set to rue a missed chance after throwing away a two-goal lead, but Can's 95th-minute spot-kick moved it to within eight points of Bayern, which was to visit RB Leipzig later in the day.
St Pauli thought it had a 19th-minute penalty of its own, only for the video assistant referee (VAR) to intervene and overturn an on-field call for handball against Dortmund striker Fabio Silva.
Gregor Kobel then smothered Mathias Pereira's close-range effort before Dortmund made its chance count at the other end.
Silva initially missed the ball from Karim Adeyemi's, but Julian Brandt was on hand for a simple tap-in to send the hosts ahead on the stroke of half-time.
Adeyemi doubled Dortmund's lead early in the second half, steering Silva's selfless pass into an unguarded net, but the hosts soon fell apart.
James Sands outjumped Can to head home Eric Smith's corner in the 62nd minute, before St Pauli's captain provided his second assist when he teed up substitute Ricky-Jade Jones to volley the Bundesliga's bottom club level 10 minutes later.
But Dortmund had the last laugh as Jones felled Maximilian Beier, with Can keeping his cool in the dying seconds to save Kovac's team.
