| Martin Palermo converted a controversial 89th minute penalty as nine-man Boca Juniors snatched a dramatic 1-1 draw against eternal rivals River Plate in their Argentine derby on Sunday.
But the weekend's football was marred when Independiente's game at home to Banfield was called off after visiting coach Carlos Leeb was hit by an object thrown from the crowd.
Referee Rafael Furchi sent the players to the dressing rooms after Leeb appeared to be struck in the face in the 83rd minute. His team were winning 2-1.
The Argentina Football Association (AFA) is expected to meet next week to decide what action to take.
At Boca's Bombonera stadium, Palermo salvaged a point for the defending champions when he sent River goalkeeper German Lux the wrong way after substitute Guillermo Barros Schelotto had appeared to fall over without being touched.
River took a 39th minute lead through Ernesto Farias, who caught goalkeeper Roberto Abbondanzieri off his line and scored with a clever chip.
Abbondanzieri, Argentina's first-choice goalkeeper, continued his bad afternoon when he was sent off for tripping goalward-bound Marcelo Gallardo in the 66th minute.
In a match which pitted former Argentina coaches Alfio Basile and Daniel Passarella against each other, Boca's fate appeared to be sealed when full-back Juan Krupoviesa was sent off in the 83rd minute for an awful foul on Daniel Montenegro.
But Boca were given new life two minutes later when River defender Cristian Tula was dismissed for a challenge on Barros Schelotto.
'We had the game in our hands but we couldn't do it,' said frustrated River coach Passarella.
River had begun the weekend at the top of the Clausura championship with Boca one point behind in second place.
Their stalemate allowed Newell's Old Boys to leap-frog both teams and go top with a 2-0 win at Olimpo.
Claudio Husain gave Newell's a first half lead and former Argentina forward Ariel Ortega added the second with a 64th minute penalty.
Newell's have 23 points from 11 games, one ahead of River and two more than Boca Juniors and Gimnasia-Jujuy.
Gimnasia-Jujuy continued their excellent campaign with a 3-1 win over Argentinos Juniors, Israel Damonte, Franco Sosa, from a penalty, and Matias Oyola scoring the goals.
At the other end of the table, Racing Club stayed bottom when they were beaten 1-0 at Instituto. Racing have only three points from eleven games and have yet to win a game.
Rosario Central picked up their first win under new coach Leonardo Astrada when they beat Tiro Federal 3-0. Goals from defenders Gabriel Loeschbor and German Rivarola put Central 2-0 up and striker Pablo Vitti added the third.
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