LONDON: Chelsea's poor Premier League form continued Sunday when it conceded an injury-time equalizer to draw 3-3 with struggling Aston Villa. The Blues had trailed 2-1 at Stamford Bridge until Didier Drogba and John Terry scored in the last six minutes of regular time to put the defending champion ahead. Those goals looked to have clinched only Chelsea's second win in eight matches but Villa defender Ciaran Clark was left unmarked to head Marc Albrighton's cross past goalkeeper Petr Cech. The point left Chelsea outside the top four, with Tottenham having moved into the final Champions League place with a 1-0 win over Fulham Saturday. Villa moved up to 15th place with the first point it earned this season after conceding the first goal. Newcastle moved up two places to 10th after Shola Ameobi scored for a 1-0 win at Wigan in Sunday's other game. The Blues ended a six-match run without a win by beating Bolton 1-0 in midweek and led Sunday through Frank Lampard's 23rd-minute penalty, awarded for a foul by James Collins on Florent Malouda. But Ashley Young equalized with another penalty four minutes before halftime after Michael Essien had barged over Nigel Reo-Coker. Emile Heskey then beat Jeffrey Bruma to a header to put Villa ahead two minutes into the second period and man-of-the-match Friedel made two stellar saves to preserve the lead. Friedel somehow pushed Lampard's close-range volley over the bar and then charged down an effort by Malouda. But Friedel could do little in the 84th when Drogba collected a loose ball in the area and worked space for an angled shot that beat three defenders and the American goalkeeper. Friedel did stop Drogba's 89th-minute header after Albrighton had given the ball away to Essien, but was beaten by Terry's low shot from the rebound. The Chelsea players swarmed around under-pressure manager Carlo Ancelotti to celebrate but Albrighton atoned for his error with the curling cross that Clark headed in at the far post. Having led for the first three months of the season, Chelsea is now six points behind Manchester United and Manchester City, who both won Saturday to stay tied on points at the top of the Premier League. Barcelona 5 points clear In Madrid, Pedro scored twice to help Barcelona beat promoted Levante 2-1 to move five points clear at the top of La Liga Sunday. The champion has 46 points from 17 matches and pulled away from second-placed Real Madrid which visits local rivals Getafe Monday. Barca was without the injured Carles Puyol, suspended Gerard Pique and rested Lionel Messi and looked rusty after the league's two-week winter break. In other games, Deportivo Coruna was 2-1 winner at Athletic Bilbao and Malaga dragged itself out of the bottom three with a 2-1 victory at Sporting Gijon. Robinho hurt in Dubai match AC Milan striker Robinho had to be replaced with a knee injury after colliding with a tevelvision camera near the sidelines during the Italian team's friendly against local club Al-Ahli. The Brazil forward had to be helped off the pitch in the 85th minute and didn't return in Milan's 2
