Spoils were shared in two huge Premier League derbies, Chelsea’s cracking start continued with a 3-0 win over Aston Villa and Wayne Rooney produced a Jekyll and Hyde display in a nervy Manchester United victory yesterday.

A jam-packed Premier League programme began with Phil Jagielka’s stoppage-time humdinger earning Everton a 1-1 draw at Liverpool and ended with Arsenal’s Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain denying Tottenham Hotspur a surprise win at their arch-rivals as the game ended 1-1 in north London.

Rooney scored in the fifth minute of United’s home game with West Ham United but was later sent off for a wild challenge as his side hung on for a 2-1 victory.

Gripping as those skirmishes were, however, it was table-topping Chelsea who continued to look a cut above the rest.

Diego Costa scored his eighth league goal of the campaign and Brazilian duo Oscar and Willian were also on target at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea made it five wins from six.

Chelsea lead the table with 16 points, three more than surprise packages Southampton who beat Queens Park Rangers 2-1 and five more than champions Manchester City who had an Edin Dzeko double to thank for a 4-2 victory at Hull City.

“It’s not crucial, because it’s still early, but it’s a gap which gives you a good feeling, it’s good to be top of the league,” Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho said.

Liverpool came agonisingly close to ending their long wait for a Premier League title last season but their challenge is yet to catch fire this time with three defeats already.

Steven Gerrard’s 65th-minute free-kick looked like giving them a deserved victory in the 223rd Merseyside derby but they were stunned in stoppage time when defender Jagielka let fly an unstoppable volley from 25 metres.

It left Liverpool in the bottom half of the table with seven points, one ahead of Everton.

“We were very clearly the better side,” manager Brendan Rodgers said.

“Everton had virtually nothing in attack. To concede a goal like that so late on is obviously frustrating.”

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was also frustrated.

“We had 77 per cent possession in the second half which is unbelievable,” he said.

“I am frustrated because we dropped two points and I am frustrated because we didn’t make enough of our set-pieces. You want to be rewarded for the work you put in.”

Chadli opener

Tottenham, who had managed only one win in 25 matches away to Arsenal, enjoyed their best spells either side of halftime and took the lead through Nacer Chadli after 55 minutes.

However, a mistake by Erik Lamela, who had assisted in Tottenham’s opener, paved the way for Oxlade-Chamberlain to thump Arsenal level with 16 minutes left.

Arsenal, who play Chelsea next week, have 10 points along with Swansea City, who drew 0-0 at Sunderland and Villa.

Manchester United climbed to eighth, although what had looked like being a stress-free afternoon against West Ham for manager Louis van Gaal turned into a nail-biting one.

Rooney tucked away Rafael’s cross after five minutes for his 175th Premier League goal and Robin van Persie put Van Gaal’s side in complete control before halftime.

However, the defensive jitters evident in a 5-3 loss at Leicester last week returned as Diafra Sakho halved the deficit and Rooney was sent off for kicking Stewart Downing.

West Ham had a goal disallowed in the dying minutes as United manned the barricades.

“After the red card, we had to fight for the victory and I have said to the lads you have been rewarded today because you fought until the end,” Van Gaal told MUTV.

Referring to Rooney, he said: “I could imagine why he did it. But I think you have to do it more friendly and that is the only thing that I can say.”

City also had problems at Hull having led 2-0 inside 10 minutes with goals from Sergio Aguero and Dzeko.

Eliaquim Mangala scored an own goal and rashly conceded a penalty that was converted by Abel Hernandez as Hull made it 2-2 before Dzeko restored City’s lead and Frank Lampard added a flourish late on after coming off the bench.

• Two goals in a minute from Lewis Grabban and Josh Murphy ensured Norwich came from behind to beat Blackpool 3-1 at Bloomfield Road and move to the top of the Championship table yesterday.

The hosts took the lead through Nathan Delfouenso’s close range finish on 46 minutes, but a Donervon Daniels own goal levelled, before Grabban notched on 80 minutes and Murphy sealed the win 60 seconds later.

Results and standings

Premier League

Arsenal 1
Ox-Chamberlain 74;
Tottenham 1
Chadli 56;

HT: 0-0. Att: 59,900.

Chelsea 3
Oscar 7; Costa 59; Willian 79;
Aston Villa 0

HT: 1-0. Att: 41,616.

C. Palace 2
Campbell 51; Jedinak 55;
Leicester 0

HT: 0-0. Att: 24,311.

Hull 2
Mangala 21og; Hernandez 32 pen;
Man. City 4
Aguero 7; Dzeko 11, 68; Lampard 87;

HT: 2-2. Att: 22,859.

Liverpool 1
Gerrard 65;
Everton 1
Jagielka 90;

HT: 0-0. Att: 44,511.

Man. United 2
Rooney 5; Van Persie 22;
West Ham 1
Sakho 37;

HT: 2-1. Att: 75,317.
Red card: Rooney (MU) 59.

Southampton 2
Bertrand 55; Pelle 68;
QPR 1
Austin 66;

HT: 0-0. Att: 30,504.

Sunderland 0
Swansea 0

Att: 41,325.
Red card: Rangel (SW) 81.

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Chelsea	6	5	1	0	19	7	16
Southampton	6	4	1	1	11	4	13
Man. City	6	3	2	1	12	7	11
Arsenal	6	2	4	0	11	7	10
Swansea	6	3	1	2	8	6	10
Aston Villa	6	3	1	2	4	7	10
Man. United	6	2	2	2	11	9	8
Tottenham	6	2	2	2	8	7	8
C. Palace	6	2	2	2	10	10	8
Leicester City	6	2	2	2	9	10	8
West Ham	6	2	1	3	10	10	7
Liverpool	6	2	1	3	8	9	7
Everton	6	1	3	2	12	14	6
Hull City	6	1	3	2	9	11	6
Sunderland	6	0	5	1	5	6	5
Stoke City	5	1	2	2	4	5	5
West Brom	5	1	2	2	3	7	5
QPR	6	1	1	4	4	13	4
Burnley	5	0	3	2	1	4	3
Newcastle	5	0	3	2	5	11	3

Playing today
West Brom vs Burnley - 17.00

Tomorrow
Stoke City vs Newcastle - 21.00

Top scorers
8 goals: Costa (Chelsea).
5 goals: Ulloa (Leicester).
4 goals: Aguero (Man. City), Pelle (Southampton), Chadli (Tottenham).

Next fixtures

Saturday: Premier League 16.00 Hull vs Crystal Palace; Leicester vs Burnley; Liverpool vs West Brom; Sunderland vs Stoke; Swansea vs Newcastle. 18.30 Aston Villa vs Manchester City.
Sunday: Premier League 13.00 Man. United vs Everton; 15.05 Chelsea vs Arsenal; Tottenham Hotspur vs Southampton; 17.15 West Ham vs Queens Park Rangers.

The Championship
Birmingham 1 - Fulham 2
Blackburn 2 - Watford 2
Blackpool 1 - Norwich 3
Bolton 0 - Derby 2
Bournemouth 2 - Wigan 0
Brentford 2 - Leeds 0
Cardiff 2 - Sheff. Wed. 1
Charlton 0 - M’Boro 0
Huddersfield 2 - Millwall 1
Ipswich 2 - Rotherham 0
Nottm Forest 0 - Brighton 0

Today:
Reading-Wolves(14.15)

Standings: Norwich 20; Nottm Forest 19; Watford, Ipswich, Wolves 17; Derby, M’Boro 16; Charlton, Sheffield Wed. 15; Blackburn, Brentford 14; Reading, Leeds 13; Bournemouth, Cardiff 12; Millwall 11; Brighton 9; Wigan, Rotherham, Huddersfield 8; Birmingham 7; Bolton 5; Fulham 4; Blackpool 2.

League One
Barnsley 0 - Swindon 3
Bradford 1 - Port Vale 1
Bristol City 3 - MK Dons 2
Chesterfield 1 - Notts County 1
Coventry 0 - Preston 2
Crawley 2 - Yeovil 0
Crewe 0 - Colchester 3
L. Orient 2 - Rochdale 3
Oldham 3 - Scunthorpe 2
Peterborough 1 - Fleetwood 0
Sheffield Utd 2 - Gillingham 1
Walsall 3 - Doncaster 0

Standings: Bristol City 24; Peteborough 19; Swindon 18; MK Dons, Rochdale, Preston, Sheffield Utd 16; Chesterfield; Bradford 15; Oldham 14; Fleetwood, Crawley 13; Gillingham, Coventry, Yeovil 12; Notts County, Walsall, Doncaster 11; Leyton Orient 10; Colchester, Barnsley, Port Vale 9; Scunthorpe 7; Crewe 4.

League Two
Accrington 1 - Plymouth 0
Burton 1 - Cheltenham 0
Carlisle 1 - Tranmere 0
Dagenham 2 - York 0
Exeter 2 - Bury 1
Hartlepool 0 - Portsmouth 0
Luton 2 - Oxford 0
Morecambe 0 - Northampton 1
Newport 4 - AFC Wimbledon 1
Southend 1 - Shrewsbury 0
Stevenage 3 - Mansfield 0
Wycombe 1 - Cambridge 0

Standings: Burton 22; Wycombe 21; Bury, Southend 20; Northampton 17; Morecambe 16; Shrewsbury, Portsmouth, Luton, Cheltenham, Mansfield 15; Wimbledon, Stevenage 14; Plymouth, Newport, Accrington 13; Exeter 12; Cambridge, Dagenham 11; Tranmere, York 9; Hartlepool 8; Oxford 7; Carlisle 6.