Dortmund eases through in German cup
Bundesliga side Stuttgart came through a scare against Eintracht Braunschweig to join Borussia Dortmund in the last eight of the DFB-Pokal.
Borussia Dortmund overcame Bundesliga rival Augsburg 2-0 to reach the quarter-finals of the DFB-Pokal.
Second-half goals from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, his 24th of a highly productive season, and Henrikh Mkhitaryan sent Thomas Tuchel's Dortmund through at the expense of its host.
Hertha Berlin also triumphed on its travels to reach the last eight, goals from Vladimir Darida and John Brooks seeing it record a 2-0 win over second-tier opponent Nuremberg.
Stuttgart was made to work in its tie against lower-league opposition, a late goal from Toni Sunjic in the second period of extra time clinching a 3-2 victory over 2.Bundesliga side Eintracht Braunschweig.
Joseph Baffo had given Braunschweig an early lead, but the home side hit back through Georg Niedermeier during a first half that also saw Alexandru Maxim miss a penalty for Stuttgart.
With the scores having finished level at 1-1 after 90 minutes, Timo Werner popped up to put the Bundesliga team ahead during the first period of extra-time.
Braunschweig equalised with nine minutes remaining to set up the possibility of penalties.
Sunjic, however, made sure Stuttgart avoided the possibility of an embarrassing shoot-out exit with a dramatic winner just before the final whistle.
In a battle between 2.Bundesliga rivals, Bochum knocked out 1860 Munich 2-0 thanks to goals in the first half from Janik Haberer and Tim Hoogland.