Tottenham Hotspurs lost ground in the race for fourth place, and who remained in check too frustrating goalless at the London derby against West Ham at White Hart Lane.
Only 24 hours after paired with Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-finals, the Spurs chances of qualifying for next year's competition was a great success, despite their domination of much of the game.
Michael Dawson, Gareth Bale and Aaron Lennon struck all wood and Jermain Defoe was guilty of missing several good opportunities to break the deadlock, while the West Ham stopper Robert Green a great performance.
This is the sixth time that the Spurs do not take all three points after a match of the Champions League and winning the last full week, Milan seems a distant memory to have.
The result means Chelsea, Tottenham trail two points ahead of the game against Manchester City, while West Ham is a young man now out of the relegation zone.
Hope was high for Spurs before kick-off match after Bale was taken to make his first start in two months, while Harry Redknapp as a surprise by dropping Peter Crouch for Defoe, who tried to score his hundredth goal of Spurs.
Avram Grant said Demba Ba and Lars Jacobsen gave the task of shackling Bale on the right side.
The Hammers have the game looking for their first win at White Hart Lane since April 1999 as a refuge Redknapp in opposition.
Three minutes had passed when Dawson took a pass and Modric hit the crossbar with a curling extraordinary effort.
Bale, then cut a pass in the box Defoe, the plan "wide Green, the ex-post West Ham man hit reject.
West Ham went close Modric and Rafael van der Vaart struggle both before Demba Ba slipped through Carlton Cole against the course of things, but the burning of the weakness of the former Chelsea player was easily collected Heurelho Gomes.
List of Modric, he was able to slip his marker soon after, but the shot from 20 meters, aims to achieve a matter of inches green slid past the right post.
With five minutes in the first half to the left, Lennon struck a job after the race on the right side, but the wood Defoe rebound by surprise and the attacker improvised-foot effort two feet wide, stranded by the white green at the near post.
Carlton Cole has to save William Gallas on the edge of the box and made a good hand of Heurelho Gomes to start the second period as West Ham tried to shock the hosts to strike early.
Noble drew the ire of the banking house after slipping on a lead with two legs on the ball challenge. The referee Mike Dean gave the midfielder a yellow card.
Green maintained the level of accounts with a quick reaction save with his legs shot from six yards after Defoe Redknapp decided Bale and John Lennon changed.
Gary O'Neil tricked his way past Benoit Assou-Ekotto and his cross flew Noble Path, but his header a foot wide.
Cole looked at the wrong time overthrowing their tacos challenge Sandro pimples. The treatment needs of Brazil, but in the field shortly after the attackers returned and was cautioned.
West Ham is more efficient in the second half and looks much more comfortable with the ball.
Cole had turned down a penalty appeal when, after Dawson seems to push the attacker and went for a header.
Ba caused a 25-yard shot which Gomes saved with a superb diving one-handed save.
Pavlyuchenko Tottenham fluffed the chance to require eight yards, but almost immediately made his breakdown, drawing, green to save a record with a unit of 25 meters.
Upson hacked by Modric on the edge of the box with six minutes to present guests with the opportunity to snatch victory.
Bale stepped up and bent a left hand determines the top somehow tipped green on the bar. The ball is down and snagged Jacobsen clarity for the convenience of visitors.
Defoe and Pavlyuchenko played two minutes, but it flew high and before Modric did the same in the last minute of added time.
