Emre Can scored a penalty deep into stoppage time to give Borussia Dortmund a 3-2 win over St. Pauli in the Bundesliga on Saturday despite letting a two-goal lead slip earlier.
The Dortmund crowd cheered the referee's announcement that video review showed St. Pauli's Ricky-Jade Jones had indeed fouled Maximilian Beier inside the penalty area, and was jubilant when Can converted the spot kick.
Until then, Dortmund had been heading for a 2-2 draw which would have given Bayern Munich a chance to stretch its lead to 13 points with a win over Leipzig later Saturday.
Jones and American midfielder James Sands had earlier scored to give last-place St. Pauli hope of a valuable point in its fight against relegation, canceling out goals by Dortmund's Julian Brandt and Karim Adeyemi either side of halftime.
Hoffenheim on a roll
An audacious free kick from Wouter Burger gave Hoffenheim a 1-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen which boosts its unexpected charge for Champions League qualification.
With Leverkusen seemingly expecting a cross, Burger curled a free kick into the top corner from a wide angle to score the only goal in the ninth minute.
Back-to-back losses leave Leverkusen sixth and with doubts over goalkeeper Mark Flekken, who limped off after an hour when he seemed to jar his knee while dropping low to make a save. Hoffenheim has lost once in the Bundesliga since October.
