River Plate beat Estudiantes 3-1 to grab a share of first place in the Argentine first-division championship.
River Plate and Newell's Old Boys each have 17 points after eight games.
Juan Cominges scored in the fifth minute for Estudiantes off a powerful right-footer from just outside the area. But Gonzalo Higuain equalized for River with a long-distance kick in the 18th while Cristian Tula and Ernesto Farias added scores in the 48th and 90th minutes respectively.
Newell's beat Velez Sarsfield 1-0 on Saturday and Boca Juniors has 16 points after a 3-0 victory over Racing Club on Sunday. Gimnasia de Jujuy remained in contention with 15 points after beating Colon 2-0. Colon also has 15 points.
In other matches Sunday it was Tiro Federal 0, Independiente 2; San Lorenzo 1, Instituto Cordoba 1; Quilmes 1, Olimpo 1; Argentinos Juniors 1, Lanus 1; Banfield 0, Arsenal 1.
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