Manchester United fought back from three goals down to draw 3-3 with Chelsea in a thrilling Premier League match at Stamford Bridge Sunday. Two penalties from Wayne Rooney and a header by Javier Hernandez kept the champions in touch with leaders Manchester City after Chelsea had built a 3-0 lead six minutes into the second half through an own goal by Jonny Evans, a scorching left-foot volley from Juan Mata and a David Luiz header. Manchester City stayed top of the table on 57 points, two clear of United with both teams having played 24 games. Chelsea stayed in fourth place on 43 points, six behind Tottenham Hotspur. In the day's earlier game, Newcastle United beat Aston Villa 2-1 to move above Arsenal into fifth place on 42 points. Ibrahimovic sent off Juventus and AC Milan each played to scoreless draws Sunday as the top of Serie A remained unchanged, but Milan standout Zlatan Ibrahimovic was sent off for punching an opponent and could face a multi-game ban. Juventus, which was held 0-0 at home by Siena, leads Milan by one point and has a game in hand. Third-place Udinese lost 3-2 at Fiorentina. Also, Roma routed Inter Milan 4-0. Elsewhere, it was: Chievo Verona 1, Parma 2; Lecce 0, Bologna 0; Novara 0, Cagliari 0; and Palermo 2, Atalanta 1. Earlier, a spectacular goal from Rodrigo Palacio in the lunchtime fixture launched Genoa to a 3-2 win over 10-man Lazio. Bremen drops point Werder Bremen twice squandered a lead to draw 2-2 at Freiburg Sunday. Werder moves up to 32 points, one ahead of Bayer Leverkusen. In the only other game Sunday Cologne snatched a 1-0 win at relegation-threatened Kaiserslautern and three crucial points in their bid to stay up. Real stays atop Real Madrid edged crosstown rival Getafe 1-0 as the league leader maintained its seven-point cushion over defending champion Barcelona on a Saturday marked by near freezing temperatures across Spain. Barcelona responded to Madrid's earlier victory with a closer-than-comfort 2-1 win of its own over Real Sociedad to stay undefeated at Camp Nou stadium this season.
