Manchester City continue to sit atop of the Premier League following a dramatic matchweek with twists at both ends of table.
Whilst the title race between Manchester City and Liverpool was blown wide open, there were further surprises in the battle for survival as control of 18th position changed hands twice.
Weekend
Harry Kane’s second-half brace saw Tottenham stun league leaders, Manchester City 3-2 in a dramatic five goal thriller at the Etihad Stadium.
Mohamed Salah netted his 150th goal for Liverpool either side of strikes from Sadio Mane and Luis Diaz as Jurgen Klopp’s Reds came from behind to defeat rock-bottom Norwich 3-1 at Anfield and trimmed their deficit in the title race to six points. .
Hakim Ziyech’s 89th minute strike from Marcos Alonso’s deep cross saw third-placed Chelsea edge past Crystal Palace in a competitive battle at Selhurst Park.
Manchester United remain fourth as Bruno Fernandes provided a goal and assist in a 4-2 victory at Leeds in torrential weather conditions.
Down in the relegation zone, Emmanuel Dennis’ 78th minute header saw Watford improve to 18th with a scrappy 1-0 win away at Aston Villa, leaving the Hornets sat four points adrift of safety.
Wout Weghorst and Josh Brownhill both claimed their first-ever Premier League goals as Burnley thrashed Brighton 3-0 at the AMEX Stadium, which saw Sean Dyche’s Clarets climb off the bottom with Aaron Lennon rounding out the rout with a clinical strike.
Newcastle meanwhile sit just four points above the bottom three after Joe Willock struck in first-half injury-time to snatch a 1-1 draw at West Ham.
Elsewhere, Daniel Podence’s winner saw Wolves stay seventh after Ruben Neves’ opener was cancelled out by Ademola Lookman.
Goals from Emile Smith Rowe and Bukayo Saka fired fifth-placed Arsenal to a 2-1 home win over Brentford, despite Christian Norgaard netting a late consolatory goal for the Bees.
Southampton made it one loss in their last 11 matches across all competitions in a 2-0 win over Everton at St Mary’s Stadium, with Stuart Armstrong and Shane Long both finding the net.
Midweek
Mohamed Salah’s penalty brace coupled with two strikes from Sadio Mane saw Liverpool reduce their title deficit to just three points, as Jurgen Klopp’s Reds thrashed Leeds 6-0 at Anfield with Joel Matip and Virgil van Dijk also on the scoresheet.
Arsenal climbed to fifth as late goals from Nicolas Pepe and Alexandre Lacazette fired the Gunners to a comeback home win against Wolves, having fallen behind to Hee-chan Hwang’s tenth-minute opener.
Ben Mee’s 71st minute header from Josh Brownhill’s free-kick lifted Burnley up to 18th as Sean Dyche’s Clarets snatched a shock victory over Tottenham at Turf Moor.
Watford consequently slipped to 19th after Wilfried Zaha’s late brace along with goals from Jean-Philippe Mateta and Conor Gallagher fired Crystal Palace to a 4-1 away win over the Hornets.
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