Werder Bremen News
The result left Werder in 17th place on 25 points from 28 games, two points behind 16th-placed Fortuna Duesseldorf.
The Bavarians climbed to fourth place on 27 points, six behind RB Leipzig, who beat Fortuna Duesseldorf 3-0 to climb to the top of the Bundesliga on 33 points.
The Ruhr valley club are now in seventh place on 11 points, three behind Bayern Munich who went top of the table after beating Paderborn 3-2.
Two stunning first-half goals, a solo effort from Christian Pulisic and a free kick from Paco Alcacer, gave Dortmund a 2-0 lead and put them in complete control before they self-destructed after halftime.
The Bavarians, who also beat Werder in the league last week, will now face RB Leipzig in the final on May 25. Bayern had lost last year`s final to Eintracht Frankfurt.
Niklas Sule drilled in a 75th-minute winner to lift the Bavarians to 70 points, four clear of Borussia Dortmund, who are in action against Freiburg on Sunday, with four matches left in the season.
Achraf Hakimi`s 113th minute strike appeared to have clinched Dortmund`s place in the quarter-finals but Bremen`s Martin Harnik netted six minutes later to force the shootout.
Goals from the league`s leading scorer Paco Alcacer and Marco Reus earned unbeaten Dortmund their sixth league win in a row.
Gnabry, who briefly played for Werder before joining Bayern in 2017, opened the scoring after 20 minutes, with the visitors, who saw the return of winger Kingsley Coman after an injury at the start of the season, missing several early chances.
The 20-year-old collapsed during a pre-season friendly against Werder Bremen in Austria on Sunday when his heart stopped.
Aubameyang finished with 31 goals, one more than Bayern Munich`s Robert Lewandowski, who failed to score in the champions` 4-1 home win over Freiburg.
Danish defender Andreas Christensen scored twice as Borussia Moenchengladbach got their first Bundesliga win of the year, 5-1 at home to Werder Bremen on Friday.
Gelsenkirchen police say they made 196 arrests at Schalke vs. Bayern Munich match.
Bayern Munich edged past struggling Werder Bremen 1-0 on Saturday (October 17) courtesy of Thomas Mueller`s first half goal to set a Bundesliga record for the best start to a season with their ninth consecutive victory.
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