Serhou Guirassy fired Borussia Dortmund into the second round of the German Cup with a 1-0 win at nearby Rot-Weiss Essen on Monday. Couto was carried off on a stretcher with his hands over his face. Dortmund was already without injured defenders Niklas Süle,

Borussia Dortmund made the short 40-kilometre trip west to face Rot-Weiss Essen this evening. At an atmospheric Stadion an der Hafenstraße, the 3.Liga club frustrated Niko Kovač's side with

Borussia Dortmund needed a superb finish by forward Serhou Guirassy in the 79th minute to break the resistance of third-division club Rot-Weiss Essen and earn a nervous 1-0 victory in the German Cup on Monday.