By Peter Rutzler For Mailonline
Published: 19:33 BST, 3 April 2019 | Updated: 19:51 BST, 3 April 2019
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Bayern Munich survived a serious scare at home to second division side Heidenheim in the quarter finals of the German Cup thanks to a late Robert Lewandowski penalty.
Robert Glatzel scored a stunning hat-trick for the visitors who were aided by a 15th minute red card to Bayern defender Niklas Sule.
The second division side led the match in the first half and recovered from two goals down in the second - yet still came up short.
Niko Kovac's Bayern Munich have survived a huge scare in the German Cup quarter-finals
Robert Lewandowski netted a late penalty to spare Bayern's blushes in extraordinary match
The Poland international came off the bench after the German champions trailed at half time
Heidenheim went over to their away supporters after nearly pulling off a sensational result
Bayern Munich's defender Mats Hummels consoles Heidenheim's midfielder Robert Andrich
Leon Goretzka opened the scoring for Bayern in the tenth minute after a bright start
But the match was turned on its head when Niklas Sule was shown a straight red card
