Manchester City’s hopes of closing the gap on the Premier League pacesetters were frustrated as they were held to a 1-1 draw at home to lowly West Bromwich Albion on Tuesday.City took the lead on the half hour when Raheem Sterling did well to work his way to the byline and pull the ball back to Ilkay Gundogan who expertly side-footed home.

 

But West Brom, second bottom of the league, drew level two minutes before the break when a shot on the turn from Semi Ajayi hit City defender Ruben Dias and deflected past wrong-footed goalkeeper Ederson.

 

The hosts camped in West Brom’s half throughout most of the second period but Slaven Bilic’s side showed tremendous determination and defensive solidity.Wolverhampton Wanderers’ Pedro Neto struck a stoppage-time winner as they came from behind to beat Chelsea 2-1 in the Premier League on Tuesday.Frank Lampard’s visiting side had the better of the first half at Molineux and centre-half Kurt Zouma powered a header against the bar just before the break.

 

In-form French forward Olivier Giroud then fired Chelsea ahead in the 49th minute, meeting a Ben Chilwell cross with a superb angled volley at the near post that goalkeeper Rui Patricio was unable to stop cross the line.

 

But Wolves drew level in the 66th minute when Daniel Podence cleverly created space for himself in the box and then drove a slightly deflected shot past keeper Edouard Mendy.Wolves were then awarded a penalty, 10 minutes from the end, when Pedro Neto went down inside the box as he was approached by Reece James but the decision was overturned after a VAR review showed there had been no contact.

 

But Portuguese forward Neto decided the encounter late in added time when he finished off a counter-attack, running at Kurt Zouma before drilling the ball into the bottom corner

 

Roberto Firmino’s 90th-minute header sent Liverpool back to the top of the Premier League with a 2-1 victory over Tottenham Hotspur, whose 11-match unbeaten run came to an end on Wednesday.

 

Tottenham began the night ahead on goal difference and will rue some golden chances after the break but Firmino’s goal sparked joy amongst the 2,000 fans allowed in at Anfield.

 

Theo Walcott scored against his old club for Southampton who moved into third spot with a 1-1 draw at struggling Arsenal who, for the second match running, ended a game with 10 men.

 

Everton backed-up their weekend win over Chelsea to beat fourth-placed Leicester City 2-0 away and move into fifth spot.

 

Sebastien Haller’s stunning bicycle kick secured a 1-1 draw for West ham United at home to Crystal Palace for whom Christian Benteke scored and was later shown a red card.

 

Leeds United struck three times in the last 11 minutes to sink Newcastle United 5-2 at Elland Road.

 

Fulham edged out of the bottom three with a 0-0 draw at home to Brighton and Hove Albion.

 

All eyes were on Anfield though where Jose Mourinho’s Tottenham were to face the biggest test yet of their title credentials against Juergen Klopp’s champions.

 

A fascinating clash of styles ensued with Liverpool dominating possession but Tottenham carving out enough chances to have ended Liverpool’s long unbeaten home run in the Premier League, which now extends to 66 matches.

 

Liverpool went ahead through Mohamed Salah’s deflected effort but Tottenham levelled from their first attack when Son Heung-min raced on to Giovani Lo Celso’s through ball and drilled a shot past Alisson.

 

Tottenham offered more threat after the break and Steven Bergwijn burst through into the box but his shot cannoned off the inside of the upright. Seconds later Harry Kane headed wide from a corner with the goal at his mercy.

 

The visitors paid dearly for their missed chances as Brazilian Firmino sent a bullet header past Hugo Lloris in the final minute of normal time.

 

Mourinho and Klopp had a lengthy discussion after the final whistle with the Spurs boss saying he told his Liverpool counterpart that the “better team did not win”.

 

“I thought he was joking, but he wasn’t,” Klopp said.

 

Arsenal snapped a run of four successive home league defeats as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang cancelled out Walcott’s opener at the Emirates Stadium but the hosts are now six matches without a league win and pressure is growing on manager Mikel Arteta.

 

He was not helped by a red card for Gabriel after he hauled down Walcott in the 62nd minute.

 

“We showed some resilience and character to hang in there for so long against a really dangerous team,” said Arteta.

 

Everton have rediscovered the form that sent them to the top of the table earlier in the season.

 

Richarlison gave them a halftime lead and Mason Holgate doubled their advantage after the break.

 

“It’s been a good week. We’ve found consistency defensively and that was the reason for these two results,” Everton manager Carlo Ancelotti said.

 

“The season is long but at the moment it’s good.”

 

Leeds and Newcastle were locked at 2-2 after 77 minutes but goals from Stuart Dallas, Ezgjan Alioski and a cracker from Jack Harrison secured the points for Marcelo Bielsa’s vibrant side.
Marcus Rashford scored twice as Manchester United extended their 100 percent record on the road, coming from behind again to win 3-2 at the Premier League’s bottom club Sheffield United on Thursday.

United have now won all six away league games this season — conceding first on each occasion — and the latest comeback victory moved them up to sixth place, on 23 points, five behind leaders Liverpool but with a game in hand.

Sheffield United’s solitary point from 13 matches is the worst start by a team in any top-flight campaign and the Blades have now lost eight matches in a row and 15 of their last 16 going back to last season.

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer opted to play keeper Dean Henderson ahead of David De Gea for the trip to Bramall Lane where the English keeper played and impressed on loan last season.

But Henderson made a nightmare start, getting caught in possession by Oliver Burke who slid the ball to David McGoldrick who fired the Blades into a fifth-minute lead.

John Fleck failed to take a great chance to make it 2-0 for Chris Wilder’s team and that let-off sparked Manchester United into life.

After wasting a good opportunity with a wild shot, Rashford made no mistake in the 26th minute as he collected a long ball from Victor Lindelof with a deft first touch and deadly first-time strike.

Paul Pogba set up the second with a one-touch pass on the turn, over the top of the Sheffield defence to Anthony Martial, who rounded Aaron Ramsdale before slotting home.

FINE MOVE

Six minutes after the break, Rashford added his second to make it 3-1, finishing off a fine passing move started by Pogba, with a shot that squeezed under Ramsdale’s body.

McGoldrick pulled one back for the Yorkshire strugglers three minutes from the end, heading in a corner from close range before Henderson made amends for his early mistake with a reflex save to keep out a Lys Mousset drive.

Aston Villa were left to rue the woodwork and missed chances as they were held to a goalless draw in an entertaining Premier League game at home to Burnley on Thursday.