Chelsea beats Tottenham, United and City secure wins

Tottenham 2 - 4 Chelsea

Chelsea made it a day of misery for former manager Andre Villas-Boas as they stayed top of the Premier League with victory in an enthralling encounter at White Hart Lane.
Tottenham boss Villas-Boas was facing Chelsea for the first time since he was sacked in March after only nine months in charge - and for a brief spell in the second half it looked like he would celebrate with three points.
Chelsea, without captain John Terry as he started a four-match ban for racially abusing QPR's Anton Ferdinand, led at half-time through Gary Cahill's magnificent volley.

Spurs, however, reversed fortunes dramatically at the start of the second half with two quick goals from William Gallas and Jermain Defoe.
It was a situation that called for Chelsea to show the substance to match the style this reshaped side is offering up this season. They delivered both to secure a hugely impressive win.
The outstanding Juan Mata struck twice in three minutes as Chelsea regained the ascendancy and substitute Daniel Sturridge's simple fourth in stoppage time completed a hugely satisfying performance from the Champions League holders.

West Brom 1 - 2 Man City


Substitute Edin Dzeko scored two late goals to earn 10-man Manchester City an incredible win against West Brom.
The Premier League champions were facing an uphill struggle after James Milner's early red card for bringing down Shane Long when through on goal.
And City were staring at the prospect of a first league defeat of the season when Long gave the hosts the lead.
But Dzeko levelled with a header from a free-kick before finishing a blistering counter-attack in stoppage time.



Man Utd 4 - 2 Stoke



Wayne Rooney recovered from scoring an own goal to strike twice and earn Manchester United victory over Stoke.
In a seesaw game that was in keeping with United's performances this season, Rooney nodded into his own net to give Stoke the lead and then equalised from another header before the break.
Once Robin van Persie and Danny Welbeck were on target to give United the advantage, it looked like it would be a comfortable victory for the hosts.
But there were again question marks about their defence as Michael Kightly ran at Rio Ferdinand to make it 3-2 before Rooney restored a two-goal cushion with a simple finish.
The goals were Rooney's first for his club this season, and came after he scored three times for England on international duty with Welbeck also getting his first club goal this term.
The attacking trio of Rooney, Welbeck and Van Persie once again papered over the cracks as United chalked up their ninth win in 10 games and remain four points behind league leaders Chelsea.