Leicester Tigers fought back from a 14-7 deficit to beat Exeter Chiefs 24-20 and stay with the early-season Aviva Premiership leaders.
Tries from Anthony Allen and skipper Ben Youngs, along with a kicking masterclass from fly-half Freddie Burns helped Tigers to a second consecutive victory.
Leicester dominated the early stages but found themselves down to 14 men on Exeter's first attack of the game.
Scrum-half Haydn Thomas broke down the blindside off a scrum and Niki Goneva was adjudged to have made a high tackle near the touchline.
A man short after just five minutes of the game, Tigers found themselves defending for the next 10 minutes.
Although Leicester's line speed was good and a couple of line-out drives were repelled, the home side finally opened the scoring when Dave Ewers stretched out with his long arms to just make the line. Gareth Steenson converted.
Goneva's return to the fray helped Leicester get some possession and territory and they leveled the scores on 27 minutes.
Having driven to the Exeter five-metre line, they had a penalty advantage when Burns sent a grubber kick through the onrushing defence which Ant Allen did superbly well to pull down for a try before sliding over the dead ball line.
Burns then made it 7-7 with a simple conversion and was really finding his range kicking ball out of hand too.
Exeter butchered a try when Matt Jess knocked on wide right with the line at his mercy.
But two minutes later, Haydn Thomas span around the edge of a ruck, wrong-footed Fraser Balmain and with Steenson's extras, the Chiefs led 14-7.
The final few minutes of the half saw a flurry of penalties. Burns kicked two and Steenson one and the home side went into the break with a 17-13 advantage.
Leicester made an ideal start to the second period as good work by Graham Kitchener in the tight earned his side a penalty after just 21 seconds and Burns kicked his third penalty of the afternoon to pull the gap back to just one point.
The play went one way and then the next, with the game in the balance and the next score seemingly crucial.
And it was Leicester who achieved that on 57 minutes. Burns' wonderful kick to the corner from the half-way line forced an Exeter line-out which the outstanding Kitchener stole.
Play went on to the floor but Ben Youngs picked up at the back and was driven over the line. Burns proved he was human by missing the conversion but Tigers led 21-17.
The Cheifs thought they were in at the other end but Sam Hill's final pass was knocked on by Ben White and Tigers escaped.
Steenson kicked his side back to within a single point at 21-20 with 10 minutes to go but another kick from Burns drove Exeter to their own five-metre line.
Ewers was sent to the sin-bin for bringing down a driving maul and 60 seconds later, Owen Williams showed serious steel by kicking a penalty just two minutes after coming on.
The Chiefs couldn't mount the pressure they needed to get back in the contest and Tigers held on for a huge win.
