Almeria experienced a case of deja vu as Kalu Uche struck an equaliser to help his side salvage a point from their match with Racing Santander.
In almost identical circumstances to Wednesday's clash at Atletico Madrid, Almeria took the lead, then conceded two goals to fall 2-1 behind before netting a late equaliser to claim a draw.
And it might have been a dream finale for Uche and Hugo Sanchez's side if the Nigeria international had managed to make the most of his! injury-time chance, but his header from five yards out was saved by the feet of Racing goalkeeper Antonio Tono.
Almeria will have taken huge confidence from their midweek fightback at the Vicente Calderon, and the Andalusian side must have felt it was going to their day today when Albert Crusat put them ahead after just 16 minutes.
Racing had threatened initially with efforts from Mohamed Tchite and Pedro Munitis, but it was Almeria who drew first blood when Hernan Bernardello fed Crusat inside the area and the winger slotted home left-footed.
That was just the start Almeria would have been hoping for and they came within a whisker of doubling their lead just after the half-hour mark when they hit the woodwork.
Crusat was again the man causing the Racing defence problems as he worked himself a shooting chance 25 yards out before rifling in a right-footed piledriver that crashed back off the crossbar with Tono beaten.
Uche then felt he had! made it 2-0 when he guided a header just inside the far post,! but his celebrations were cut short by a debatable offside decision.
Almeria can consider themselves unfortunate not to have been further ahead at the break, but they again failed to hold onto a lead as Racing netted twice in 12 second-half minutes to take control
The visiting side's equaliser came in the 59th minute when Munitis and Oscar Serrano combined well before the latter put Tchite through with a superb lobbed pass with the outside of his left foot, and the former Anderlecht striker coolly slotted his shot just inside the far post.
Racing then took the lead soon after that with a goal that Almeria's defence played a big part in.
Twice the hosts had a chance to clear the danger but failed to do so, and they then allowed the unmarked Mehdi Lacen to bring the ball down on the edge of the area before firing in a half-volley that took a deflection off an Almeria defender to wrong-foot Diego Alves and roll into the net.
Racing, whose four-point ! haul coming into the match had all come from away games, almost made it 3-1 but Alves produced a great one-handed save to keep out Serrano's lot shot.
But just when it looked like Racing would walk off with the spoils, Almeria again dug deep to save a point.
David Rodriguez had gone close to equalising just moments previously, but there was no denying Uche in the 89th minute when he latched onto Rodriguez's corner to thump home a header from 10 yards out.
Uche then had a much easier chance to earn his side a remarkable victory, but with the goal seemingly at his mercy he was denied by Tono as Racing rode their luck late on.
