Hamburg - Sami Khedira got his second goal in the dying seconds as VfB Stuttgart battled to a 2-2 draw with 10-man champions Bayern Munich, who still climbed to the top of the table for the first time this season.

Khedira's spectacular volley in the 90th minute cancelled out Munich's lead from Tim Borowski and Luca Toni. Khedira had given Stuttgart the lead on the stroke of halftime and got the equalizer after Munich had Massimo Oddo sent off late on.

Munich have 35 points for a one-point advantage over surprise package TSG Hoffenheim, who need a draw on Sunday against Schalke to go into the six-week winter break at the top of the standings by virtue of a superior goal difference.

London  - Arsenal suffered another blow to their title hopes when they could only draw 1-1 at Middlesbrough in Saturday's early English Premier League game.

Emmanuel Adebayor headed Arsenal in front on 17 minutes from a Cesc Fabregas corner but former Gunners striker Jeremie Aliadiere scored against his old side on the half-hour mark, heading Tuncay Sanli's fizzing cross past Manuel Almunia.

Almunia saved well from Stewart Downing in the second half while substitute Nicklas Bendtner went close for Arsenal late on, but the two sides had to settle for a point.

Arsenal remain fourth, seven points behind leaders Liverpool, who were due to host Hull City later on Saturday.

London, Dec 13: Aalborg’s Kasper Risgard, who has been allegedly stamped by Wayne Rooney, has pleaded with UEFA not to ban the Manchester United strike.

The Aalborg midfield ace left Old Trafford with stud marks on his chest after his clash with Rooney in Wednesday night’s Champions League tie, The Sun reported.

Rooney is clearly seen stamping on the Dane as he lay on the floor. UEFA will study film of the incident on Monday before deciding on what action to take.

Dortmund, Germany  - Borussia Moenchengladbach was defeated 2-1 at home by its local rival Borussia Dortmund Friday night despite nearly one hour of playing with a man advantage.

The win keeps Dortmund in sixth place in the German Bundesliga and in the hunt for a UEFA Cup spot after 17 matches. Moenchengladbach has lost four straight and will end the year in last place.

Dortmund's Mohamed Zidan struck first for the visitors on the 35th minute. But three minutes later Tamas Hajnal was sent off for a second yellow-card foul.

The advantage was not enough for Moenchengladbach before a home crowd of 79,000 fans. Substitute Nuri Sahin eased Dortmund supporters' minds with an insurance goal in the 56th minute.

Munich  - Bayern Munich coach Juergen Klinsmann will be without France midfielder Franch Ribery for Saturday's visit to VfB Stuttgart, the club said Friday.

Ribery, 25, injured a shoulder in Wednesday's 3-2 Champions League win at Olympique Lyon and was unable to train Friday.

Klinsmann can, however, call again on Brazilians Lucio (flu) in defence and Ze Roberto (muscular problems) in midfield in Bayern's bid to end the year top of the Bundesliga for the first time this season.