Two Borussia Dortmund goals DEEP INTO INJURY TIME sent the German side through to the semi-finals of the Champions League, when all previously looked lost.
Injury time goals from Reus and Santana gave the Germans a 3-2 victory and overturned a 2-1 deficit after Eliseu looked to have finished the game with eight minutes remaining.
The away side started the game edgy, looking happy to sit back and hit Dortmund on the counter-attack and sure in the knowledge that an away goal would be huge.
This was dangerous, as Dortmund are very gifted in attack and Lewandowski looked to capitalise when he went through on goal early on but the flag was raised for offside.
Lewandowski had another chance shortly after when he spotted Willy off his line but his effort sailed over the bar.
After 25 minutes the game came to life, with Malaga snatching a crucial away goal against the run of play.
Isco knocked the ball down to Joaquin, who rolled a shot under Weidenfeller from the edge of the area to give Malaga the lead, leaving Dortmund needing at least two goals to advance.
The goal left Dortmund shellshocked but Malaga were unable to conjure up a decent attacking movement and capitalise on the home sides shakiness.
Six minutes before the interval, Lewandowski pulled the home side level after latching onto Reus' flick through and lofting the ball over Willy.
Joaquin should have doubled his tally seconds before the whistle but his header lacked venom and was saved comfortably by the diving Weidenfeller.
Dortmund thought they had got their equaliser 20 minutes before the end but the flag was raised.
The ball was flicked through to Blaszcyzkowski, who was offside when he headed the ball back across goal to Lewandowski.
Toulalan almost restored Malaga's lead shortly after but his venomous low strike from 30 yards was punched away by Weidenfeller.
Willy then kept Malaga in the game with successive saves to deny to home side. First, he saved Reus' effort from point black range before brilliantly turning Gotze's shot round the post with his foot.
With under ten minutes remaining on the clock, the away side struck again. Isco rolled the ball through to Baptista who poked the ball towards goal where it was finished off by Eliseu.
Dortmund were unlucky as the goal looked offside on replay, with the strike looking to be the goal that sent eliminated them from Europe's elite competition.
However, the home side were not done yet and against the odds they managed to turn things around.
When four additional minutes were signalled, the crowd roared loudly to encourage their team.
The first goal was scrappy after Santana caused a nuisance amongst the Spanish defence, with Reus eventually rolling the ball into an empty net.
With fans left on the edge of their seat and heart rates across Europe racing, it was another scrappy goal that sealed the result.
Reus crossed in the ball where it was mishit by Schieber before being finished on the line by Santana. It could have been offside but it showed Dortmund's resilience and never say die attitude.
Dubbed the dark horses of this season's competition, Dortmund have shown they are no pushovers and enter the final four.
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