Wigan Athletic 0-1 Newcastle United: Roberto Martinez is another manager under the cosh but an unbeaten December has seen the pressure lessen ahead of the Magpies' visit under new boss Alan Pardew
The game starts in the same manner that Chelsea-Villa ends, with Shola Ameobi missing the best of the chances before tapping in an opener when Wigan's defence fail to deal with Joey Barton's cross
Each side strike their opponents' crossbar (through Gary Caldwell and Fabricio Coloccini) but the dangerman is Tom Cleverly, Wigan's Manchester United loanee cutting in several times to test the Magpies' defence
Stuart Taylor becomes the third defender to hit the crossbar with a header but the second half, much like the home side, is bereft of ideas or incisive football
Chelsea 3-3 Aston Villa: Carlo Ancelotti may have arrested the slump that has saw his side slip out of the top four by beating Bolton, but will they cope with a Villa team battling against the drop?
The visitors are on the sort of run - one win in the last seven - that leaves them a point off a relegation place, but their opponents - the defending champions - are far from the fearful force they were last year
Dutch 19-year-old Jeffrey Bruma gets his first league start for the Blues, a start which sees Villa boss possession but Chelsea fashion the first two chances, both falling to Florent Malouda
Frank Lampard bags his 10th career goal against Villa from the spot after Malouda goes to ground in the area under James Collins' clumsy attempt to challenge him for a high ball
Villa dominate a fractious first half but show more aggression than quality as they rack up eight chances and six yellow cards
Almost inevitably in a half that has heard so much of the referee's whistle, the visitors equalise from a penalty, taken by Ashley Young, following Mikael Essien's lunge on Nigel Reo-Coker
The second half starts with the first goal from open play - Chelsea switch off, allowing Stewart Downing the time to send in a far-post cross that Emile Heskey nods home, leaving Bruma on the floor in the process
The Blues press for half-an-hour straight, improving with the introduction of Salomon Kalou and Jose Bosingwa, and bringing fantastic point-blank saves out of Brad Friedel from Lampard and Malouda
Villa's resistance is finally snapped by Didier Drogba smashing home a scramble in the box despite the previously sterling rearguard effort of Collins, Carlos Cuellar and Ciaran Clark
The furious second half builds to a frantic final 10 minutes as Chelsea soon take the lead through captain John Terry, again finishing yet another scramble in Villa's box
All Chelsea's efforts are undone, however, as again they fail to pick up the men they should mark, leaving Albrighton free to pick out a man to cross to and Clark free to nod home an injury-time equaliser
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