Exeter Chiefs lost 24-20 in their first home game of the season against Leicester Tigers.
Dave Ewers and Haydn Thomas crossed for tries for the home side, with Gareth Steenson converting both and landing two penalties.
Anthony Allen and Ben Youngs crossed for Leicester's tries, with Freddie Burns and Owen Williams sharing kicking duties.
Exeter were given a helping hand early on when Tigers winger Vereniki Goneva was sent to the sin bin in the sixth minute for a high tackle on Haydn Thomas.
The home side took advantage of the extra man as Ewers drove over from close range, with Steenson slotting the extras.
The Tigers levelled midway through the half as Allen raced onto Burns' grubber, just holding off the challenge of Henry Slade to dot the ball down before going out of play. The fly-half converted from under the sticks.
Thomas caught the defence napping towards the end of the first half as he twisted over for Steenson to convert.
From 14-7 up with three minutes to go before half-time, Exeter gave away a couple of soft penalties to allow Burns to close the gap. Steenson kicked one in between those efforts as the Chiefs turned around with a 17-13 advantage.
More indiscretion cost the Chiefs at the start of the second period as Burns was able to cut the gap to a single point.
Youngs was driven over by his teammates following a spell of pressure from Leicester and Exeter went close at the other end, with Ian Whitten racing away after grabbing the loose ball from a high kick, but Sam Hill couldn't take his inside pass.
The home side's pressure paid off as Steenson slotted a penalty to close to within one point with 10 minutes left on the clock.
Ewers was sent to the cooler for illegally stopping a drive from close range, and the penalties kept flowing to allow replacement Owen Williams to kick the decisive score three minutes from time.Exeter Chiefs: Botha; Whitten, Slade, Hill, Jess; Steenson, Thomas (Chudley, 52); Rimmer (Moon, 52), Yeandle, Francis (Low, 54), Lees (Welch, 52), Caldwell, Ewers, White (Horstmann, 72), Waldrom. Reps (not used): Taione, Sweeney, ArnottScorers: tries – Ewers, Thomas; cons – Steenson (2); pen – Steenson (2)Yellow card: EwersLeicester Tigers: Tait; Morris, Tuilagi, Allen, Goneva; Burns (Williams, 74), B Youngs (Mele, 72); Mulipola, T Youngs (Ghiraldini, 56), Balmain (Brugnara, 74), Kitchener (De Chaves, 68), Parling, Gibson, Salvi, Barbieri (Crane, 52). Reps (not used): Pasquali, SmithScorers: tries – Allen, B Youngs; con – Burns; pens – Burns (3), WilliamsYellow card: GonevaReferee: JP DoyleAttendance: 9,721
