Stuttgart midfielder Christian Gentner denied Borussia Dortmund victory by equalizing in injury time to earn his side a 4-4 draw in a frenetic game on Friday, giving Bayern Munich hope in the Bundesliga title race.
Ivan Perisic had scored what looked like Dortmund's winning goal in the 87th minute, five minutes after Mats Hummels had equalized for the league leaders.
''The guys are fantastic, what can I say?'' said an exhausted Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp.
Julian Schieber scored a quickfire double to put Stuttgart 3-2 up after 79 minutes.
Dortmund was 2-0 up through a first-half goal by Shinji Kagawa and a 49th-minute effort by Jakub Blaszczykowski before Vedad Ibisevic got Stuttgart's first in the 71st.
Dortmund stretched its club record unbeaten run to 22 games and is six points ahead of Bayern, which can cut the gap to three with a win at Nuremberg on Saturday.
Stuttgart is unbeaten in six games and fifth ahead of the weekend's games.
Robert Lewandowski had an effort cleared off the line and Kevin Grosskreutz hit the crossbar before Kagawa finally found the breakthrough in the 33rd.
Dortmund captain Sebastian Kehl headed the ball down to give the Japan star a simple finish for his 12th goal of the season.
The home side had 16 attempts on goal in the first half, compared to two for the visitors, before Hummels crossed for Blaszczykowski to deservedly made it 2-0 in the 49th with a powerful low shot.
Stuttgart midfielder William Kvist struck the post after a fine run from deep in the 63rd, before Ibisevic scored thanks to a classy backheel from Georg Niedermeier in the 71st.
Schieber, who missed a great chance in the first half, equalized six minutes later when he eluded Hummels and rounded Roman Weidenfeller before slotting inside the post.
The 23-year-old added another two minutes later with a fierce shot through Weidenfeller's legs.
Hummels atoned for his earlier error with a low strike inside the right post, before Perisic thought he'd won the game.
But second half substitute Gentner took advantage of some panicky defending before rifling a powerful shot under the crossbar.
