Crystal Palace has wasted a chance to put pressure on the English football Championship leaders Cardiff, drawing 2-2 with visitors Blackpool at Selhurst Park on Sunday.
Palace were just moments away from moving within one point of Cardiff, who thrashed Blackburn 4-1 on Saturday, before Blackpool substitute Nouha Dicko struck in the 89th minute to leave former manager Ian Holloway cursing the team he quit to take over at the London side last month.
Middlesbrough are now just three points behind Palace in the race for automatic promotion to the Premier League after winning 3-2 at bottom of the table Peterborough.
Fourth-placed Hull maintained their impressive away form with a 2-1 win at Watford, Leicester dropped to fifth after being forced to settle for a 2-2 draw against struggling Barnsley, while Millwall were beaten 3-0 at Ipswich, missing a chance to move into the top six after their first defeat in 14 matches.
At the other end of the table, Bristol City escaped with a dramatic 3-2 win over relegation rivals Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough.
Elsewhere, Derby beat Leeds 3-1 - ending a run of three successive victories for the former Premier League giants - and Nottingham Forest defeated Burnley 2-0.
Charlton drew 2-2 with Brighton and Huddersfield were held to a 2-2 draw by Bolton.
