Tottenham inflicted an astonishing 5-3 defeat on Chelsea to allow Manchester City to move level at the top of the English Premier League yesterday.

Despite Diego Costa’s opener, Spurs led 3-1 at half-time after goals from Harry Kane, Danny Rose and an Andros Townsend penalty.

Kane extended the lead to 4-1 and though Eden Hazard gave Chelsea some hope, Nacer Chadli scored a fifth for Tottenham.

John Terry’s late consolation at least prevented Manuel Pellegrini’s reigning champions moving top on goal difference, with City and Chelsea sharing identical records after Frank Lampard earlier marked the extension of his City stay by grabbing the winner in a 3-2 victory over Sunderland.

Stevan Jovetic (left) and Yaya Toure celebrate for Man. City.Stevan Jovetic (left) and Yaya Toure celebrate for Man. City.

The game at the Etihad Stadium burst into life when Yaya Toure rifled City into the lead shortly before the hour mark and Stevan Jovetic back-heeled a second.

Jack Rodwell’s header and a penalty from fellow City old boy Adam Johnson got Sunderland dramatically back on terms but ex-Chelsea star Lampard, on for Jovetic having extended his loan from New York City FC, snatched the winner.

John Carver’s stint as Newcastle caretaker manager began with a thrilling game in which they led Burnley three times but had to settle for a draw.

Local boys Steven Taylor and Jack Colback put the Magpies ahead but Paul Dummett’s shambolic own goal and Danny Ings’ strike had Burnley level on each occasion.

Moussa Sissoko restored the Magpies’ advantage but George Boyd’s low angled drive made it 3-3. Adding to Newcastle’s woes, they lost defender Taylor to a potentially season-ending Achilles tendon injury.

Liverpool also let a winning position slip as Leicester came from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 at Anfield.

The hosts led through two Steven Gerrard penalties but two goals in three minutes, from David Nugent and Jeff Schlupp, levelled matters.

Saints in top four

Southampton remained in the top four after an excellent 2-0 win over nearest pursuers Arsenal.

Sadio Mane beat Wojciech Szczesny from a tight angle for the first goal and if the Poland goalkeeper’s positioning was questionable on that occasion, his panicked hack clearance amid defensive confusion allowed Dusan Tadic to poke home the second.

Manchester United were perhaps fortunate to escape with a 1-1 draw from their lunchtime encounter with Stoke.

The Potters took an early lead when Ryan Shawcross deftly turned in Peter Crouch’s header but Radamel Falcao equalised.

Stoke had penalty appeals rejected when Crouch’s header struck Chris Smalling’s arm and again when the former England striker hit the post, while Geoff Cameron may have been impeded as he challenged for the rebound, but they had to settle for a point.

Sixth-placed West Ham drew 1-1 with West Brom, whose new boss Tony Pulis watched on from the stands. Diafra Sakho headed the hosts in front from Aaron Cresswell’s cross but Saido Berahino exchanged passes with Stephane Sessegnon before slotting home the equaliser.

Hull were one of several struggling teams to pick up much-needed points as they inflicted a fourth successive defeat on Everton.

Ahmed El Mohamady headed in Liam Rosenior’s cross and Nikica Jelavic sprung the offside trap to lob goalkeeper Joel Robles before Everton lost Antolin Alcaraz to a second yellow card late on.

Swansea left it late to earn a 1-1 draw against QPR at Loftus Road.

Leroy Fer’s 25-yard rocket gave Rangers a 20th-minute lead and Swansea ended the game with ten men when Wayne Routledge was sent off for an angry reaction to a late tackle from Karl Henry – for which the midfielder was booked.

But they snatched a stoppage-time equaliser when substitute Wilfried Bony produced an opportunistic finish.

Aston Villa and Crystal Palace played out a goalless draw enlivened only by Yannick Bolasie’s spectacular effort against the crossbar for the visitors.

Results

Aston Villa 0
C. Palace 0

Att: 29,047.

Hull City 2
El Mohamady 33; Jelavic 43;
Everton 0

HT: 2-0. Att: 23,000­.
Red card: Alcaraz (E) 86.

Liverpool 2
Gerrard 17p, 40p;
Leicester City 2
Nugent 58; Schlupp 60;

HT: 2-0. Att: 44,720.

Man. City 3
Toure 57; Jovetic 66; Lampard 73 pen;
Sunderland 2
Rodwell 68; Johnson 71 pen;

HT: 0-0. Att: 45,367.

Newcastle 3
Taylor 15; Colback 26; Sissoko 78;
Burnley 3
Dummett 19 og; Ings 66; Boyd 86;

HT: 2-1. Att: 51,761.

QPR 1
Fer 20;
Swansea 1
Bony 90;

HT: 1-0. Att: 17,729.
Red card: Routledge (S) 86.

Southampton 2
Mane 34, Tadic 56;
Arsenal 0

HT: 1-0. Att: 31,492.

Stoke City 1
Shawcross 2;
Man. United 1
Falcao 26;

HT: 1-1. Att: 27,203.

Tottenham 5
Kane 30, 52; Rose 44; Townsend 45 pen.; Chadli 78;
Chelsea 3
Costa 18; Hazard 61; Terry 87;

HT: 3-1. Att: 35,903.

West Ham 1
Sakho 10;
West Brom 1
Berahino 42;

HT: 1-1. Att: 34,914.

  P W D L F A Pts
Chelsea 20 14 4 2 44 19 46
Man. City 20 14 4 2 44 19 46
Man. United 20 10 7 3 34 20 37
S’thampton 20 11 3 6 34 15 36
Tottenham 20 10 4 6 29 27 34
Arsenal 20 9 6 5 34 25 33
West Ham 20 9 5 6 31 24 32
Liverpool 20 8 5 7 28 27 29
Swansea 20 8 5 7 25 24 29
Newcastle 20 7 6 7 25 31 27
Stoke City 20 7 5 8 22 24 26
Aston Villa 20 5 7 8 11 22 22
Everton 20 5 6 9 29 33 21
Sunderland 20 3 11 6 18 30 20
Hull City 20 4 7 9 20 26 19
QPR 20 5 4 11 22 35 19
West Brom 20 4 6 10 19 29 18
C. Palace 20 3 8 9 20 30 17
Burnley 20 3 8 9 17 32 17
Leicester  20 3 5 12 19 33 14

Top scorers
14 goals: Aguero (Man. City), Costa (Chelsea).
12 goals: Austin (QPR).
10 goals: Sanchez (Arsenal).
9 goals: Cisse (Newcastle), Bony (Swansea).
8 goals: Rooney (Man. United)Van Persie (Man. United), Pelle (Southampton), Berahino (West Brom), Sakho (West Ham), Hazard (Chelsea).

Next fixtures

FA Cup (Third Round)

Today: 20.45 Cardiff City vs Colchester; MK Dons vs Chesterfield.

Tomorrow: 16.00 Barnsley vs Middlesbrough; Blyth Spartans vs Birmingham; Bolton Wanderers vs Wigan; Brentford vs Brighton; Cambridge vs Luton; Charlton vs Blackburn; Derby vs Southport; Doncaster vs Bristol City; Fulham vs Wolves; Huddersfield vs Reading; Leicester vs Newcastle; Millwall vs Bradford; Preston vs Norwich; Rochdale vs Nott. Forest; Rotherham vs Bournemouth; Tranmere vs Swansea; West Brom vs Gateshead.

Sunday: 14.00 Dover vs Crystal Palace; QPR vs Sheffield United; Sunderland vs Leeds. 16.00 Aston Villa vs Blackpool; Manchester City vs Sheffield Wed.; Southampton vs Ipswich; Stoke vs Wrexham. 16.30 Yeovil vs Manchester United. 17.00 Chelsea vs Watford. 18.30 Arsenal vs Hull.

Monday: 20.45 Burnley vs Tottenham. 20.55  AFC Wimbledon vs Liverpool.

Tuesday: 20.45 Everton vs West Ham.

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