SAO PAULO (AP) — Ronaldinho anotó un gol y dio el pase del otro para que el Atlético Mineiro empatara el domingo 2-2 con su clásico rival Cruzeiro y seguir al frente del campeonato brasileño de fútbol.

Ronaldinho puso adelante en el marcador al Atlético Mineiro a los 84 minutos antes de que Cruzeiro igualara en tiempo de compensación, pero el empate fue suficiente para dar al Atlético una ventaja de un punto sobre el segundo lugar Fluminense, que venció el sábado por 2-1 a Vasco da Gama.

Atlético Mineiro, que tiene aún un juego menos, tiene 43 puntos de 19 enfrentamientos. Fluminense tiene 42 unidades, Gremio 37 y Vasco 35.

En otros resultados del domingo, el ex goleador de la selección brasileña Luis Fabiano anotó dos veces para Sao Paulo —quinto lugar en la tabla de posiciones, que venció por 2-1 al campeón Corinthians en el estadio Pacaembu, mientras que Flamengo empató con el Botafogo a 0-0 en Río de Janeiro.

El sábado, Neymar anotó los goles con los que Santos remontó para vencer 2-1 a Palmeiras, que se hundió en la zona de descenso del Brasileirao.

Loading Slideshow...
  • Atletico Mineiro's Ronaldinho gestures during a Brazilian champion league match against Flamengo in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

  • Atletico Mineiro's Ronaldinho, right, talks to Flamengo's Amaral, left, after exchanging jerseys at the end of the first half of a Brazilian champion league match in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

  • FBL-BRAZIL-FLAMENGO-ATLETICO MG

    Brazilian Flamengo's fans protest against player Ronaldinho Gaucho before their Brazilian Championship football match against Atletico MG at the Joao Havelange Olimpic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on September 26, 2012. AFP PHOTO/VANDERLEI ALMEIDA (Photo credit should read VANDERLEIALMEIDA/AFP/GettyImages)

  • Brazil's Atletico Mineiro's Ronaldinho looks on during a Brazilian soccer league match against Palmeiras in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Saturday, June 9, 2012. Ronaldinho signed with Brazilian club Atletico Mineiro on Monday, less than a week after leaving Flamengo and beginning legal proceedings against his former team for alleged unpaid wages. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

  • Brazil's Atletico Mineiro's Ronaldinho eyes the ball during a Brazilian soccer league match against Palmeiras in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Saturday, June 9, 2012. Ronaldinho signed with Brazilian club Atletico Mineiro on Monday, less than a week after leaving Flamengo and beginning legal proceedings against his former team for alleged unpaid wages. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

  • Brazil's Atletico Mineiro's Ronaldinho, left, fights for a ball with Palmeiras' Marcio Araujoduring a Brazilian soccer league match in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Saturday, June 9, 2012. Ronaldinho signed with Brazilian club Atletico Mineiro on Monday, less than a week after leaving Flamengo and beginning legal proceedings against his former team for alleged unpaid wages. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

  • Brazil's Atletico Mineiro's Ronaldinho, right, vies for the ball with Palmeiras' Marcos Assuncao during a Brazilian soccer league match in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Saturday, June 9, 2012. Ronaldinho signed with Brazilian club Atletico Mineiro on Monday, less than a week after leaving Flamengo and beginning legal proceedings against his former team for alleged unpaid wages. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

  • Brazil's soccer player Ronaldinho wears the jersey of his new soccer team Atletico Mineiro during a press conference in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Monday, June 4, 2012. Ronaldinho signed with Brazilian club Atletico Mineiro on Monday, less than a week after leaving Flamengo and suing his former team for unpaid wages. (AP Photo/Eugenio Savio)