Spurs Son Heung-min celebrating a goal
Son Heung-mins double earned Tottenham a point from a pulsating 2-2 draw against Arsenal, as Liverpool moved into second in the Premier League with a 3-1 win over West Ham on Sunday.
Brighton climb up to third after beating Bournemouth 3-1, but Chelsea still cannot buy a goal as Mauricio Pochettinos men lost 1-0 at home to Aston Villa.
Spurs have still won just once in their last 31 away league meetings with Arsenal, but the optimism garnered under Ange Postecoglous early weeks in charge was not punctured at the Emirates despite twice falling behind in the north London derby.
Arsenals bright start was rewarded when Bukayo Sakas strike was deflected into his own net by Cristian Romero.
But for the fifth time in seven games under Postecoglou, Tottenham fought back from a goal down.
David Raya has displaced Aaron Ramsdale as Arsenals No 1 goalkeeper as he was selected for the third consecutive game by Mikel Arteta.
The Spaniard justified that decision with a stunning save to deny Brennan Johnson his first Tottenham goal.
However, the visitors were not denied for long as James Maddisons cross was swept home by Son at the near post three minutes before halftime.
Romeros afternoon went from bad to worse when he was harshly penalised for handball and Saka stroked home the resulting penalty to restore Arsenals lead.
But the Gunners lost record signing Declan Rice at halftime to injury and that proved costly as an error from his replacement Jorginho gifted Tottenham an equaliser just a minute later.
Maddison was again the creator as he robbed the Italian midfielder and teed up Son for a cool finish into the far corner.
LIVERPOOLS FEARSOME FIREPOWER
Liverpool cut Manchester Citys lead at the top to two points as Jurgen Klopps men showed more promising signs of getting back to their best.
The Reds sank to fifth last season, but have the firepower that could make them the biggest threat to Citys throne as champions.
Mohamed Salah opened the scoring from the penalty spot after he was upended in the box by Nayef Aguerd.
West Hams only previous defeat this season came at home to City last weekend and they bounced back to fully merit their equaliser before halftime when Jarrod Bowens diving header found the far corner.
However, the Hammers were undone by a moment of magic when Alexis Mac Allisters inch-perfect chip picked out Darwin Nunez, who volleyed into the far corner.
Diogo Jota then came off the bench to make it 3-1 five minutes from time.
MITOMAS INSTANT IMPACT
Brighton took advantage of dropped points for both north London sides to move up to third after coming from behind to beat Bournemouth 3-1.
Roberto De Zerbi made nine changes from the side that started the Seagulls first ever European game in a 3-2 defeat by AEK Athens and paid the price in a slow start.
Dominic Solanke fired Bournemouth in front after a glaring error from Brighton ˜keeper Bart Verbruggen.
Milos Kerkezs own goal brought Brighton level in first-half stoppage time, but that did not stop De Zerbi sending on Kaoru Mitoma at the break.
The Japanese winger took just 16 seconds to put Brighton in front with a precise finish and Mitoma made sure of the points when he headed home Pervis Estupinans cross 14 minutes from time.
Chelseas disastrous start to Pochettinos reign goes on as the toothless Blues failed to score for a third consecutive game.
Malo Gustos straight red card for a lunge on Lucas Digne on the hour mark gave the home side a mountain to climb at Stamford Bridge.
Villa made their man advantage count when Ollie Watkins powerful strike beat Robert Sanchez from a narrow angle.
Despite spending more than any other Premier League club in the summer transfer window, Chelsea have taken just five points from Pochettinos first six league games in charge. (AFP)
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