Manchester United moved within a point of Chelsea in the Premier League title race on Saturday thanks to Paul Scholes' injury time winner in a 1-0 victory at Manchester City and Tottenham's 2-1 triumph over the leader.
Scholes' header at City gave Alex Ferguson's team 76 points from 35 games, and first-half goals by Jermain Defoe and Gareth Bale spurred Tottenham on to a win which leaves Chelsea with 77 from 35 with three rounds to go. Chelsea captain John Terry was sent off in the second half before Frank Lampard replied in injury time.
The victory also lifted Spurs, which also beat Arsenal 2-1 on Wednesday, into fourth place above Man City and Harry Redknapp's team now has a two-point advantage in the race for a Champions League spot.
"To come back as they have to turn in two unbelievable performances against Arsenal and Chelsea today is top class," said Redknapp, whose team has won seven of its last eight league games. "We well deserved to win tonight, there's no doubt about it. We were the better team today."
Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti said his team fell below its recent form but still had the lead at the top of the standings.
"The important thing is to maintain the lead at the top of the league," he said. "It is only one point and only three games (to play) but the title is still in our hands. We don't have to be afraid, we have to stay calm and look for the next game against Stoke."
Both teams missed chances in the Manchester derby at Eastlands before Scholes was left unmarked in the City area to head home a cross from Patrice Evra in the third minute of stoppage time.
"We deserved to win the match, no question. But I couldn't see a goal coming," United manager Alex Ferguson said. "I decided to put Scholes a bit further forward and it paid off. He was man-of-the-match today. He was wonderful, he's such a skillful player."
The victory put pressure on Chelsea, which was four points ahead at the start of the day.
Tottenham went ahead from the penalty spot in the 15th minute when Terry was ruled to have handled and Defoe fired home the spot kick. It was 2-0 just before halftime when Bale fired past goalkeeper Petr Cech and his near post.
Terry was sent off for a second yellow card midway through the second half which means he misses Chelsea's next game against Stoke.
Promoted last season through the playoffs, next-to-last Burnley looks likely to return to the League Championship after a 2-1 loss at Sunderland.
First-half strikes by strikers Fraizer Campbell and Darren Bent, who scored his 23rd league goal of the season, put Sunderland in control at the Stadium of Light.
Burnley, which replied through Steven Thompson in the 82nd minute, is still four points from safety with three games to play. West Ham, which is 17th, visits Liverpool on Monday.
Hull also remains deep in trouble in 18th place despite a 0-0 draw at Birmingham. Iain Dowie's team has one more point than Burnley but has four games left.
Tim Cahill scored a last-minute winner in Everton's 3-2 victory at Blackburn.
Mikel Arteta gave the visitors the lead with a fourth-minute penalty after he had been brought down by Ryan Nelsen. Steve Nzonzi equalized in the 69th and, although Ayegbeni Yakubu made it 2-1 to Everton 10 seconds after he entered the game in the 79th minute, Jason Roberts scored in the 81st for 2-2.
Matt Taylor scored two goals in the last six minutes as Bolton won 2-1 at Stoke to secure Premier League safety, and Wolves edged closer with a 0-0 draw at Fulham.
Third-place Arsenal is not in action until Sunday when it goes to relegation-threatened Wigan. Aston Villa goes to already relegated last-place Portsmouth.
Norwich captured promotion from third-tier League One a year after it was relegated, and Notts County and Rochdale went up from League Two. It was Rochdale's first promotion in 41 years; the team had stayed in the fourth tier since 1974.
Stevenage will join the Football League for the first time next season after gaining promotion from the Conference following a 2-0 victory at Kidderminster.
