Serie A leaders AC Milan nervously responded to four title rivals winning by drawing 1-1 at Lecce on Sunday to leave their advantage at the top at four points.
Milan lacked guile in the first half with Robinho and Andrea Pirlo missing and Ronaldinho sold but as he so often does Zlatan Ibrahimovic opened the scoring with a brilliant opportunist strike from 20 metres early in the second half.
Lecce, who won at high-flying Lazio last weekend, hit the post before Ruben Olivera swept home following a corner on 82 minutes to grab a deserved point in their fight against the drop.
Milan also drew 4-4 with Udinese last Sunday as cracks begin to show in their title bid at the start of the second half of the season despite signing the mercurial Antonio Cassano.