Dembele shatters Bayern's dream with stunning strike

The 19-year-old scores winner 15 minute from time as Dortmund cement their place in German Cup final with 3-2 win

MUNICH: Borussia Dortmund fought back to stun bitter rivals Bayern Munich 3-2 on Wednesday to reach the German Cup final and shatter the Bavarian giants' dreams of the domestic double.

A brilliant strike from Ousmane Dembele 15 minutes from the end settled the semi-final tie at Munich's Allianz Arena which had seen Dortmund trail 2-1 at half-time.

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"This is the biggest moment of my career with Dortmund. It's hard to come to Munich and get a win," beamed Dembele, 19, who only joined Borussia for the start of the season.

The result is a dramatic turn-around for Thomas Tuchel's Dortmund, who were hammered 4-1 by runaway leaders Bayern in Munich in the Bundesliga just three weeks ago.

"We came from 2-1 down and still won - that's crazy," beamed Tuchel. "We had completely written off our 4-1 defeat in the league. We played well for 20 minutes and then we let it slip.

"After the break, we kept improving and improving, from the 60th minute we were very good. We certainly had a bit of luck too."

The loss is a disaster for Bayern's coach Carlo Ancelotti following the Bavarian giants' controversial Champions League quarter-final exit at the hands of Real Madrid.

The cup exit in Munich leaves Bayern winless in their last five games following back-to-back losses to Real, plus draws with Mainz and Leverkusen in the league.

Ancelotti's Bayern are eight points clear in the Bundesliga with four games left.

"I think it's too early to talk about the season, we're still trying to win the Bundesliga," said Ancelotti when asked about the down-turn in fortunes this April. "We're disappointed, we had our chances to go 3-1 up. This is not a good moment, but we have to focus on the Bundesliga."

Bayern captain Philip Lahm also showed his disappointment after crashing out of the tournament.  "That is a huge disappointment," said Lahm. "You could see when it was 2-2 that we really wanted to reach the final. We didn't play well in the first 15 minutes, but then we improved. First, we have to absorb this setback."

Dortmund will play in a fourth consecutive final on May 27, when they face Eintracht Frankfurt, who reached the final on Tuesday with a penalty shoot-out win over Borussia Moenchengladbach.