ROME - AC Milan and Juventus remain neck and neck at the top of Italy's Serie A after they were both held on Saturday.
Milan drew 1-1 at home to relegation threatened Brescia, while Juventus came from behind three times to earn a 3-3 draw away to Fiorentina where Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored twice for the visitors.
Milan and Juve are tied for first place with 67 points, with eight games of the season left.
Third-placed Inter Milan made some ground on the top two, but are still 14 points off the pace after their 1-0 win away to Bologna where Argentine striker Julio Cruz scored against his former club to secure the three points.
Looking jaded after their 2-0 win over city rivals Inter Milan in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final on Wednesday, Milan were denied their ninth consecutive league victory three minutes from time when Cameroon defender Pierre Wome found the bottom corner of the net with a low, angled drive.
Manuel Rui Costa, who signed a one-year contract extension earlier this week, gave Milan the lead in the 14th minute with a right-footed curler from the edge of the 18-yard box.
Brescia, who held AC Milan to a goalless draw back in November, remain second from bottom on 27 points, three ahead of bottom club Atalanta who host fellow strugglers Chievo on Sunday.
Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti admitted the derby on Wednesday had taken its toll on his players.
"We used up a lot of energy against Inter and probably didnt have enough time to recover," he said.
"We were determined to keep the lead, but you have to give credit to Brescia as they kept battling right to the end."
A full house in Florence witnessed a six-goal thriller.
Giampaolo Pazzini's superb right-footed strike gave Fiorentina the lead, before Alessandro Del Piero levelled the score when his shot slipped through the fingers of Christian Cejas.
Giorgio Chiellini's flicked header restored the home side's lead, but another Cejas error gifted Ibrahimovic his first goal of the night.
The Argentine keeper's attempted clearance fell straight to the feet of the former Ajax forward and he drilled the ball back into an unguarded net.
Dario Dainelli thought he had given Fiorentina a much-needed win when he headed home Marco Donadel's free-kick in the 75th minute, only for Ibrahimovic to salvage a point for Juve eight minutes from time.
Cutting in from the left wing, the Sweden international played a quick one-two with Stephen Appiah before clipping the ball over the advancing Cejas.
A point left Fiorentina sixth from bottom on 32 points.
Cruz was Inter's match-winner, slotting home Andy van der Meyde's cross in the fourth minute.
Inter's 12th victory of the campaign lifted some of the gloom hanging over them after their 'Euroderby' defeat and saw them pull five points clear of fourth-placed Udinese, who host Roma on Sunday.
04/09/2005 20:59 GMT