Julian Brandt is delighted to be on the right side of late drama, but he knows Borussia Dortmund cannot continue to rely on last-gasp goals.

Emre Can netted a penalty in the fifth minute of second-half stoppage time on Saturday, as Dortmund saw off St. Pauli 3-2.

Brandt opened the scoring, and has now scored in four consecutive home matches for the first time in his Bundesliga career. Karim Adeyemi made it 2-0 to Dortmund, but James Sands and Ricky-Jade Jones dragged the Bundesliga's bottom club level.

Can, though, kept his cool from the spot at the death. 

Dortmund scored a last-gasp equaliser against Eintracht Frankfurt earlier in January, but Brandt warned his team-mates that they cannot become too reliant on late heroics.

He said: "After the last few weeks and months, in which we conceded a few last-minute goals, it has almost become a strength of ours to score last-minute goals.

"I'm obviously extremely happy that we managed to pull it off, but it's also a shame that we got ourselves into this situation in the first place. We were very careless in possession.

"What we didn't do well today was to calm the game down. We got ourselves into trouble. Either we don't concede a goal or we concede two or three straight away. These are certainly issues that we need to address quickly."

Can echoed Brandt's sentiment, telling Sky Sports: "As so often this season, it was a rollercoaster ride. We need to play much better. We conceded two goals from set pieces. That shouldn't happen to us.

"We've said that many times this season. I hope we learn from it. But in the end, we won. That's the most important thing in football.

"What could be better than scoring a goal in the last minute, in our stadium, and then experiencing the emotions here? It's indescribable."

Dortmund coach Niko Kovac added: "We missed the chance to keep our foot on the gas. The fact that it got tense again was down to us.

"The fact that we pulled it off in the end shows that the team believes until the very end and can make things right in added time. The victory was very important for us."

Dortmund are now unbeaten in 11 Bundesliga matches, though they are 11 points behind leaders Bayern Munich.