Borussia Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp admitted they had ridden their luck -- and the offside flag -- as their dramatic 3-2 victory over Malaga put them in the Champions League's last four.
Dortmund were 2-1 down in added time on Tuesday when Marco Reus and then Felipe Santana grabbed 91st and 93rd-minute goals respectively to put them through 3-2 on aggregate after last Wednesday's goalless first leg.
Replays showed both Dortmund's dramatic late goals were offside, leaving Malaga coach Manuel Pellegrini calling for European football's governing body UEFA to investigate, but Malaga's second by Eliseu was also shown to have been offside.
"Football showed both sides of its face, the bitterly disappointed defeated and the overjoyed winners," said Klopp, as his side reached the last four of the Champions League for the first time since 1998.
"It's not often we have needed so much luck, we weren't so good, but despite that, we won.
"Over the two games I think we are a deserving winner, but if we play like tonight again we won't win the Champions League.
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