Chelsea and Arsenal stumbled to 1-1 draws in the Premier League Saturday, while Manchester United strikers Ruud van Nistelrooy and Diego Forlan scored two goals each in a 4-0 rout of Aston Villa.
Chelsea remains top of the Premier League after the 1-1 draw at Elland Road, which lifted debt-ridden Leeds off the bottom of the table.
Chelsea has 36 points, Arsenal 35, Manchester United 34, Fulham 25 and Liverpool 22.
"It was a difficult match, but then we knew that was going to be the case," Chelsea manager Claudio Ranieri said. "Leeds are desperate. We came here top of the league and, of course, it is enjoyable to see that we are still there after the game."
Jermaine Pennant opened the scoring for Leeds in the 18th minute with an impressive solo strike, but Damien Duff leveled in the 70th. Big-spending Chelsea hadn't conceded a goal in its previous seven matches.
"I'm pleased for them tonight, because the players have taken a bit of stick, the position the club is in is not a healthy one," Leeds caretaker manager Eddie Gray said. "It's our lack of confidence that's put us in the position we're currently in."
Leicester's last minute equalizer from Craig Hignett held Arsenal to a 1-1 tie at Walkers Stadium. Gilberto Silva had put Arsenal ahead in the 60th minute, but the Gunners were hit when Ashley Cole was sent off in the 73rd minute for a two-footed tackle on Ben Thatcher. Cole, who apologized after the match, was the fourth Arsenal player to be sent off this season.
"We lost two points today, yes," Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said. "Looking again at the positions at the back, we deserved to be punished. I'm very disappointed as we conceded a goal in the last second of the game and I'm especially disappointed with the way that we gave it away."
Despite the Gunners' second consecutive 1-1 league draw, Arsenal has extended its unbeaten streak to 15 games, a Premier League record. The Gunners were without Thierry Henry and Patrick Vieira through injury.
At Old Trafford, van Nistelrooy scored in the 16th and 45th minutes. Forlan, brought on for the Dutchman, added the second two in injury time.
United manager Alex Ferguson, who had hospital treatment this week to correct a heart irregularity, was happy with the score, but not the quality.
"I'm not so sure about the second-half performance," he said. "I think we went into another gear, took it too easy. I was looking for something better in the second half."
Robbie Keane scored three as Tottenham beat Wolves 5-2 for its 100th Premier League win. Earlier Saturday, Alan Shearer converted a second-half penalty to give Newcastle a 1-1 draw against Liverpool.
Liverpool had taken the lead against the run of play at St. James' Park after just six minutes when Danny Murphy took advantage of poor communication between Newcastle defenders Jonathan Woodgate and Titus Bramble to score. Newcastle leveled with a Shearer penalty in the 63rd minute. Shearer earned the penalty when he was brought down by Liverpool goalkeeper Chris Kirkland.
At White Hart Lane, Keane scored in the 29th, 75th and 83rd minutes. Fredi Kanoute scored in his first game in two months and Stephan Dalmat also added a goal for Spurs.
Wolves had goals from Alex Rae and Paul Ince. The club had lost 5-1 at Arsenal on Tuesday in the League Cup.
Fulham rallied from a goal down to beat Bolton with goals from Sean Davis and Facundo Sava. Bolton had scored through Kevin Davies.
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