Blackburn Rovers come from a goal down to earn a controversial 1-1 draw with Wigan Athletic.
After a goalless first half, Jason Roberts gave The Latics the lead on 53 minutes before a controversial late strike by Shefki Kuqi meant Blackburn's hopes of UEFA Champions League qualification remained alive.
Rovers boss Mark Hughes made two changes to the side that beat Sunderland last weekend.
Robbie Savage replaced Tugay in the Blackburn midfield after serving a one-match ban, while David Bentley replaced Brett Emerton on the right wing.
Latics boss Paul Jewell was without striker Henri Camara after he was forced to withdraw from Monday's match following a family bereavement in his native Senegal.
Andreas Johansson took Camara's place in attack, with Jewell making just the one change to the side that lost 2-1 at home to West Ham United.
On a pleasant spring evening at Ewood Park, it was Blackburn that pressed in search of a sixth straight home win - only to find Wigan's backline in a resolute mood to keep them out.
Rovers nearly created a genuine chance for Steven Reid in the opening exchanges, but Graham Kavanagh did ever so well to intervene and clear Paul Dickov's cross away for a corner in front of his Republic of Ireland team-mate.
The Latics' Australian goalkeeper John Filan was then called to tip over Robbie Savage's deeply-played free kick over his crossbar moments later, as the home side took the game to their Lancashire rivals.
Wigan's first response came from the foot of Austrian centre back Paul Scharner, but his volleyed effort after a poor Rovers clearance of a Jimmy Bullard corner sailed wide.
The Latics created two more half chances, with a Pascal Chimbonda cross from the right finding the head of Johansson at the far post, but the Swede failed to direct his header goalwards before Bullard shot wide from distance.
Kavanagh was next to miss the target for Wigan with a fierce drive before Blackburn striker Craig Bellamy forced Wigan captain Arjan de Zeeuw into fouling him on the edge of the visitors' box.
Morten Gamst Pedersen took the ensuing free kick cleverly under the Wigan wall, but Filan proved equal to the set-piece with a fine reaction save.
Then two moments of real contention at both ends denied both sides an opening goal, with referee Phil Dowd ruling out Pedersen's strike after he adjudged Dickov to have raised an arm against Filan when both players challenged for a Lucas Neill ball into the Wigan box.
Dickov's contact looked minimal and as Filan spilled the ball, Pedersen duly finished into an open net, but for Dowd to give the foul against his Rovers team-mate.
Moments later, it was Wigan's turn to be harshly denied the opening goal after the assistant referee on the far side seemingly adjudged Roberts to be in an offside position, while de Zeeuw converted Bullard's free kick from the right.
With both sides effectively cancelling each other, the half ended with Roberts striking a volley over Brad Friedel's crossbar, as both clubs went to the break at 0-0.
The second half saw Wigan come out brightly and force Friedel into a fine save from Lee McCulloch's close-range strike after a fine ball into the Blackburn box, with Ryan Nelsen doing very well to knock the rebound away from the lurking Roberts for a corner.
From Bullard's ensuing corner on the right, the ball found Chimbonda at the far post and his goal-bound header prompted an instinctive flick from Roberts to beat a statuesque Friedel for his first goal in more than two months.
Wigan were in the ascendancy after the goal and from a cleverly-taken free kick, both Roberts and McCulloch had fierce goal-bound strikes blocked away by the Rovers backline.
Blackburn tried to respond but Filan was not troubled by a low Neill drive from distance before Bellamy squandered an opportunity after heading Neill's cross from the right into the side-netting.
The Wales international then saw another glorious chance go begging off his head, as the former Newcastle United hit-man failed to react quickly enough to Nelsen's flick of a Pedersen throw into the Wigan box.
Wigan kept searching for second goal and after latching on to a Roberts flick from a throw-in, McCulloch flashed a shot across the face of Friedel's goal.
The home side remained resilient in their search for an equaliser and it duly came in controversial circumstances with six minutes remaining.
Reid's cross from the right saw Filan come out of his net, but as he handled the ball, fellow Australian Neill barged into him for likely foul.
The ball fell for substitute Kuqi and the Finn converted the chance to make it 1-1 - though Wigan will wonder how Dowd did not give a foul against Neill.
The goal spurred Blackburn to search for a winner and Filan needed to be at his best to stop Bellamy after the Welshman latched on to Kuqi's flick from a long ball forward.
Blackburn finished the stronger side, but Wigan held on to claim a point and deny Rovers a sixth straight home win.
After a goalless first half, Jason Roberts gave The Latics the lead on 53 minutes before a controversial late strike by Shefki Kuqi meant Blackburn's hopes of UEFA Champions League qualification remained alive.
Rovers boss Mark Hughes made two changes to the side that beat Sunderland last weekend.
Robbie Savage replaced Tugay in the Blackburn midfield after serving a one-match ban, while David Bentley replaced Brett Emerton on the right wing.
Latics boss Paul Jewell was without striker Henri Camara after he was forced to withdraw from Monday's match following a family bereavement in his native Senegal.
Andreas Johansson took Camara's place in attack, with Jewell making just the one change to the side that lost 2-1 at home to West Ham United.
On a pleasant spring evening at Ewood Park, it was Blackburn that pressed in search of a sixth straight home win - only to find Wigan's backline in a resolute mood to keep them out.
Rovers nearly created a genuine chance for Steven Reid in the opening exchanges, but Graham Kavanagh did ever so well to intervene and clear Paul Dickov's cross away for a corner in front of his Republic of Ireland team-mate.
The Latics' Australian goalkeeper John Filan was then called to tip over Robbie Savage's deeply-played free kick over his crossbar moments later, as the home side took the game to their Lancashire rivals.
Wigan's first response came from the foot of Austrian centre back Paul Scharner, but his volleyed effort after a poor Rovers clearance of a Jimmy Bullard corner sailed wide.
The Latics created two more half chances, with a Pascal Chimbonda cross from the right finding the head of Johansson at the far post, but the Swede failed to direct his header goalwards before Bullard shot wide from distance.
Kavanagh was next to miss the target for Wigan with a fierce drive before Blackburn striker Craig Bellamy forced Wigan captain Arjan de Zeeuw into fouling him on the edge of the visitors' box.
Morten Gamst Pedersen took the ensuing free kick cleverly under the Wigan wall, but Filan proved equal to the set-piece with a fine reaction save.
Then two moments of real contention at both ends denied both sides an opening goal, with referee Phil Dowd ruling out Pedersen's strike after he adjudged Dickov to have raised an arm against Filan when both players challenged for a Lucas Neill ball into the Wigan box.
Dickov's contact looked minimal and as Filan spilled the ball, Pedersen duly finished into an open net, but for Dowd to give the foul against his Rovers team-mate.
Moments later, it was Wigan's turn to be harshly denied the opening goal after the assistant referee on the far side seemingly adjudged Roberts to be in an offside position, while de Zeeuw converted Bullard's free kick from the right.
With both sides effectively cancelling each other, the half ended with Roberts striking a volley over Brad Friedel's crossbar, as both clubs went to the break at 0-0.
The second half saw Wigan come out brightly and force Friedel into a fine save from Lee McCulloch's close-range strike after a fine ball into the Blackburn box, with Ryan Nelsen doing very well to knock the rebound away from the lurking Roberts for a corner.
From Bullard's ensuing corner on the right, the ball found Chimbonda at the far post and his goal-bound header prompted an instinctive flick from Roberts to beat a statuesque Friedel for his first goal in more than two months.
Wigan were in the ascendancy after the goal and from a cleverly-taken free kick, both Roberts and McCulloch had fierce goal-bound strikes blocked away by the Rovers backline.
Blackburn tried to respond but Filan was not troubled by a low Neill drive from distance before Bellamy squandered an opportunity after heading Neill's cross from the right into the side-netting.
The Wales international then saw another glorious chance go begging off his head, as the former Newcastle United hit-man failed to react quickly enough to Nelsen's flick of a Pedersen throw into the Wigan box.
Wigan kept searching for second goal and after latching on to a Roberts flick from a throw-in, McCulloch flashed a shot across the face of Friedel's goal.
The home side remained resilient in their search for an equaliser and it duly came in controversial circumstances with six minutes remaining.
Reid's cross from the right saw Filan come out of his net, but as he handled the ball, fellow Australian Neill barged into him for likely foul.
The ball fell for substitute Kuqi and the Finn converted the chance to make it 1-1 - though Wigan will wonder how Dowd did not give a foul against Neill.
The goal spurred Blackburn to search for a winner and Filan needed to be at his best to stop Bellamy after the Welshman latched on to Kuqi's flick from a long ball forward.
Blackburn finished the stronger side, but Wigan held on to claim a point and deny Rovers a sixth straight home win.
