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Borussia Dortmund 3 Werder Bremen 2: Dortmund seal European spot as Klopp says farewell

Borussia Dortmund put on a show in an emotional Signal Iduna Park farewell for Jurgen Klopp by beating Werder Bremen 3-2 to secure a place in the UEFA Europa League.

The hugely popular Klopp will end his successful seven-year tenure as Dortmund coach after next weekend's DFB-Pokal final against Wolfsburg and his players read the script for his final Bundesliga game in charge on Saturday.

Levin Oztunali scored his first Bremen goal after Aubameyang's 24th of the season to make it 2-1, and Theodor Gebre Selassie's late strike set up a tense finale but Bremen were unable to spoil the party and miss out on a European spot after finishing 10th.

Augsburg's 3-1 win at Borussia Monchengladbach ensured Dortmund finished seventh and on the evidence of this impressive display, incoming coach Thomas Tuchel will not require wholesale changes when he replaces Klopp.

Backed by their vociferous supporters, Dortmund made a blistering start and were unfortunate not be in front when Marco Reus' cross was met by an unmarked Aubameyang, but the striker's close-range effort came back off the post just nine minutes in.

The Bremen defender's sloppy pass was pounced upon by Ilkay Gundogan, who evaded a desperate challenge from Vestergaard before laying the ball off to Kagawa and the midfielder showed great composure to take his time before finishing with his left foot from inside the area.

Such was Dortmund's dominance it was difficult to see a way back for Bremen, but they halved the deficit out of the blue after 26 minutes when Oztunali turned sharply in the area before firing under Roman Weidenfeller.

The lively Aubameyang twice went close to adding a fourth and Mkhitaryan struck the crossbar as Bremen struggled to live with Dortmund's attacking threat.

Gebre Selassie converted Zlatko Junuzovic's free-kick five minutes from time when Dortmund should have been out of sight before Kehl was given a great ovation when he was brought off and the home side held on to ensure Klopp was able to toast an emotional victory.