Third-tier Saarbruecken stunned Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich 2-1 with a last-gasp winner on Wednesday to dump them out of the German Cup in the second round.

2023/2024 DFB Pokal

2-1

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

10' Yellow Card! Manuel Zeitz booked

16' GOAL! 1. FC Saarbrücken 0-1 Bayern (Muller)

40' Yellow Card! Choupo-Moting booked

46' GOAL! 1. FC Saarbrücken 1-1 Bayern (Patrick Sontheimer)

65' Musiala's long shot stopped

71' Ganbry's shot stopped

75' Coman's long shot stopped

80' Muller's header wide out

96' GOAL! 1. FC Saarbrücken 2-1 Bayern (Marcel Gaus)

Match Report

Marcel Gaus netted the winner for the hosts deep into second-half stoppage time to complete a sensational comeback and trigger wild celebrations from the home crowd as the Bayern players looked on in complete shock.

Bayern, who last lifted the trophy in 2020, had taken a first-half lead through Thomas Mueller before Saarbruecken levelled in first-half added time.

Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel made several changes to the team that crushed Darmstadt 98 8-0 on Saturday, leaving top scorer Harry Kane on the bench along with Kingsley Coman and Jamal Musiala while giving 20-year-old Frans Kraetzig his first start.

Bayern also had to take defender Matthias de Ligt off midway through the first half with the Dutch international suffering a knee injury.

It got worse before the break for Bayern as defender Kim Min-jae's pass was intercepted and Patrick Sontheimer tapped in from close range.

The Bavarians struggled to convert chances and paid the price when the hosts launched a quick break and a cutback from the right sailed across the entire box past three Bayern players before Gaus thundered in the winner with a low left-foot drive in the sixth minute of added time.

Line-ups

1. FC Saarbrücken XI: Marcel Gaus, Manuel Zeitz, Boné Uaferro, Calogero Rizzuto, Lukas Boeder, Kasim Rabihic, Patrick Sontheimer, Schreiber, Simon Stehle, Fabio Di Michele Sanchez, Amine Naïfi

Subs: Tim Paterok, Julius Biada, Julian Günther-Schmidt, Kai Brünker, Tim Civeja, Frederik Recktenwald, Luca Kerber, Finn Kotyrba, Léo Sahin

Bayern XI: Neuer, Choupo-Moting, Muller, Sarr, Kimmich, Sane, De Ligt, Alphonso Davies, Min-jae Kim, Mathys Tel, Frans Krätzig

Subs: Kane, Gnabry, Coman, Laimer, Daniel Peretz, Jamal Musiala, Taichi Fukui, Lovro Zvonarek, Aleksandar Pavlovic