LONDON -- American goalkeeper Tim Howard saved a stoppage-time penalty as Everton rallied from two goals down for a 2-2 draw against Tottenham in the Premier League on Sunday.
Howard blocked Jermain Defoe's spot kick with his legs to safeguard a valuable point for Everton, which is just three points above the relegation zone.
"(Striker) Louis Saha gave me a word of advice before the penalty," Howard said. "I knew what to expect, but he tipped me off a little bit. There's so much video now that there's not one penalty you can't see."
The save was a good omen for Howard, who could face Defoe again when the Americans play England in their World Cup opener next June.
Defoe had put Spurs ahead 2 minutes into the second half and Michael Dawson doubled their advantage with more than 30 minutes left at Goodison Park. Saha began the comeback with a 78th-minute goal, and Australian midfielder Tim Cahill grabbed the equalizer on his 30th birthday.
The draw ended a three-match losing streak in the league and kept Tottenham in fourth place, one point behind Arsenal, which has a game in hand over its north London rival.
In Sunday's other match, Fulham moved back into the top half of the standings by beating Sunderland 1-0. Chelsea's lead at the top was trimmed to two points Saturday when Carlo Ancelotti's side lost 2-1 at Manchester City and Manchester United won 4-0 at West Ham.
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MADRID -- Aritz Aduriz scored twice to help Mallorca beat Zaragoza 4-1 in the Spanish league, while Racing Santander defeated Espanyol 4-0 with two goals from Sergio Canales.
Mallorca stayed in sixth place and Zaragoza is 15th.
Barcelona, which beat Deportivo La Coruna 3-1 on Saturday, tops the standings with 36 points, five more than Madrid but having played a game more. Sevilla is third with 27.
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FRANKFURT -- Werder Bremen failed to make up ground on Bundesliga leader Bayer Leverkusen when it managed only a 0-0 draw at lowly Cologne.
Werder extended its unbeaten run to 23 games in all competitions but remained three points behind Leverkusen, which also drew 0-0 in Hannover on Saturday. Schalke beat last-place Hertha Berlin 2-0 to move past Bayern into third place.
Stuttgart fired coach Markus Babbel on Sunday and replaced him with Christian Gross, a Swiss who previously led FC Basel into the Champions League.
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ROME -- French striker Jonathan Biabiany scored his first two goals in Serie A to earn Parma a 2-2 draw at Genoa and move his side into fourth place in the standings.
Parma, which was in Serie B last season, has 25 points -- one more than Fiorentina, Genoa and Sampdoria. Fourth place earns the final Champions League spot in Italy at the end of the season.
Inter Milan leads with 35 points, AC Milan is next with 31 and Juventus has 30.
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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- Costa Rica forward Bryan Ruiz scored a late winner to give Twente a 4-3 victory at NEC Nijmegen that kept his team atop the Dutch league.
Ruiz, who has scored a goal in each of his last nine games, headed home Ronnie Stam's cross in the 88th minute for his 12th of the season, helping unbeaten Twente win its 11th straight.
Ajax lost with a 2-0 loss at FC Utrecht.
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HAMILTON, Scotland -- Hearts had two players sent off during a 2-1 loss at Hamilton, and another two were red-carded during a post-match scuffle.
Hearts captain Michael Stewart was dismissed for lashing out at Alex Neil and defender Ismael Bouzid was shown a second yellow card for tripping James McArthur. ALso sent off were midfielder Ian Black for abusive language and winger Suso Santana for violent conduct.
Masseur Alan Robson was also dismissed.
Unused Hamilton substitute Leon Knight was also sent off for violent conduct.