An interesting city, welcoming locals, peaceful fans and a wonderful stadium boasting an outstanding atmosphere: everything was in place for a fantastic Cup tie in Dresden last night, which was broadcast on ARD to a record-breaking television audience of 7.7 million. Only one thing was missing from the match: a good-quality surface to play on.

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Ciro Immobile and Jakub Blaszczykowski

Boris Rupert reports from Dresden

"When luck and chance coincide, you can suddenly find yourself in on goal," quipped Jürgen Klopp in the wake of his side's 2-0 victory, which was highly deserved on the balance of play and the number of chances created by both sides. The victory steered BVB into the last eight of the DFB Cup for the fourth consecutive season. But nobody can have been too happy with the match itself.

"Dresden were compact and the pitch played a role. It was a tough Cup tie. We're delighted to have won the game and moved one step closer to reaching the final in Berlin. It means that we still have every chance of winning this competition," said Sebastian Kehl. Oliver Kirch added: "It was exactly the tough encounter we expected. But I think we still claimed a fairly convincing victory."

The pitch in Dresden on Tuesday evening was not a patch on Willi's wonderful carpet at Signal Iduna Park where BVB romped to a 3-0 victory over Schalke 04 in Saturday's derby. "We could have shown better and quicker movement to break through the opposition ranks," criticised Jürgen Klopp. "But I think it was evident that we would score a goal eventually with our quality," added Sebastian Kehl. The fact that the first goal "resulted from an opposition error" was somehow only logical, Oliver Kirch felt.

"Those words did me a lot of good"

It was Ciro Immobile who reaped the rewards of Michael Hefele's wayward chest-high pass to score his second of the night in the dying seconds and claim his seventh goal across both Cup competitions this season. "I'm delighted to have been able to help the team. After I scored the second goal Mats Hummels came over to me and said I'm really happy for you. Those words did me a lot of good," said the Italian frontman.

Klopp's charges must now wait until Sunday evening to find out their opponents for the quarter finals on 7 or 8 April. "A home draw would be massive," said Marcel Schmelzer, who has his eyes firmly on the prize: "We want to get to the final and lift the trophy."