Borussia Dortmund sporting director Sebastian Kehl says maintaining belief will be key if they are to snatch Champions League qualification, following Saturday’s controversial 3-2 win at Hoffenheim.

Dortmund looked set to drop two valuable points in the European race when Pavel Kaderabek scored Hoffenheim’s second equaliser in the 90th minute, but more drama followed five minutes into stoppage time.

Waldemar Anton slotted into an empty net following a nasty collision between Carney Chukwuemeka and Hoffenheim goalkeeper Oliver Baumann, sealing BVB’s fourth win in their last five league games.

They are now sixth in the Bundesliga with three games to play, just three points behind fourth-placed Freiburg with a superior goal difference.

Kehl told Sky Sports in Germany after the game: “We needed this win today and we got the three points, that’s the decisive thing.

“To win the game in this way must give us strength for the next few weeks. We have to keep believing in it and then we can still do it.”