EPL Round Up: City Cruise To Top Spot, As Terry Rally Rescues Chelsea

Manchester City returned to the top of the English Premier League table with a 4-0 humbling of high-flying Crystal Palace at the Etihad, thanks to goals from Sergio Aguero (twice), David Silva and Fabian Delph.

Chelsea came back from being 2-0 down at the Stamford Bridge, due to a John Terry own-goal and a Ross Barkley’s brilliant turn-around move, to force a determined Everton side to a 3-3 draw, though John Terry’s redemptive effort will be misunderstood by many as a controversial goal.

Guus Hiddink’s team responded through Diego Costa when he received Cesc Fabregas’ pass and rounded goalkeeper Tim Howard. Two minutes later it was 2-2, as Fabregas’ shot was deflected home.

But Everton regained their lead in injury time when Ramiro Funes Mori got on the end of Gerard Deulofeu’s delivery.

With seconds remaining, Terry made amends for his own goal when he tucked past Howard in the eighth minute of injury time.

Two goals from Christian Eriksen ensured Tottenham Hotspur returned to winning ways after their mid-week loss to Leicester, as they beat Sunderland 4-1 at White Hart Lane.

Sunderland took the lead against the run of play when Adam Johnson found Patrick Van Aanholt with a fabulous defence-splitting pass and the full-back beat goalkeeper Hugo Lloris at his near post.

Tottenham hit back just two minutes later when Harry Kane’s initial effort was saved and Eriksen’s rebound was only cleared into the roof of the net by Sunderland’s Lee Cattermole.

Mousa Dembele put Spurs 2-1 up when he drove home left-footed past goalkeeper Jordan Pickford, who was impressing for Sam Allardyce’s side.

Eriksen grabbed his second of the game, with his shot from outside the area catching a wicked deflection off debutant Jan Kirchhoff that lifted it into the top corner.

Elsewhere, Newcastle kept up the momentum, with a solid 2-1 victory over West Ham. Also, Jonjo Shelvey enjoyed the dream start to his Newcastle career, after his goal and an effort from Ayoze Perez settled the evening.

EPL

Tottenham 4 : 1 Sunderland

Man City 4 : 0 Crystal Palace

Newcastle 2 : 1 West Ham

Southampton 3 : 0 West Brom

Bournemouth 3 : 0 Norwich

Chelsea 3 : 3 Everton

Aston Villa 1 : 1 Leicester