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Monday's Premier League Fixture
Manchester United vs Manchester City
Sunday's Premier League Fixtures
Liverpool 0-0 West Ham
Tottenham 2-2 Everton
Chelsea 2-1 Sunderland
Newcastle 1-0 Fulham
QPR 1-1 Wigan
Saturday's Premier League Results
West Brom 1-2 Arsenal
Reading 0-2 Southampton
Stoke 1-3 Aston Villa
Norwich 2-2 Swansea
The build up to Di Canio's first match as successor to Martin O'Neill was overshadowed by debate over the controversial Italian's character after his 2005 statement proclaiming to be a "fascist but not a racist" and he could not prevent Sunderland's winless run extending to nine games.
Chelsea trailed at half-time to Cesar Azpilicueta's own goal, but Matt Kilgallon deflected into his own net following a surging run by substitute Fernando Torres and Branislav Ivanovic directed a David Luiz shot into the Sunderland goal to put the Blues in front after 55 minutes.
It proved to be the winner as Chelsea, who beat Manchester United on Monday and Rubin Kazan on Thursday, returned above Tottenham on goal difference and into third place.
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Meanwhile, Gylfi Sigurdsson's late strike prevented Tottenham from slipping to another defeat as they had to settle for a 2-2 draw against Everton at White Hart Lane.
The Toffees looked like taking all three points from north London after Phil Jagielka and Kevin Mirallas scored following Emmanuel Adebayor's 35th second opener.
But Sigurdsson, charged with the task of playing in the hole where Gareth Bale, who missed the game through injury, has been so effective this season, salvaged a point for the hosts by scoring a crucial goal three minutes from time.
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Elsewhere, Liverpool's top-six hopes suffered another crushing blow as they were held to a 0-0 draw by a dogged West Ham side.
Three weeks after that dismal defeat at Southampton, Brendan Rodgers' side once again failed to spark, skipper Steven Gerrard coming closest to a winner when his effort was cleared off the line by the outstanding James Tomkins.
But the Hammers, for whom James Collins was equally impressive, also had a claim on the spoils, with Lucas Leiva denying them a first Anfield win in 50 years when he turned away Jack Collison's header five minutes from time.
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Papiss Cisse eased Newcastle's relegation fears in a 1-0 win against Fulham on a day when it appeared as if luck had deserted the United striker.
Alan Pardew's side - and Cisse especially - had previously spurned a catalogue of chances at St James' Park against a Fulham side who suffered their first defeat in six games.
But with frustration and anxiety growing, the Senegal forward finally beat Mark Schwarzer in the third minute of added-on time for his 11th goal of the season.
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Wigan forward Shaun Maloney struck a free-kick four minutes into injury time to nudge QPR closer to relegation from the Barclays Premier League with a 1-1 draw.
Loic Remy appeared to have given Rangers renewed hope in their survival quest with a stunning 85th-minute strike, only for Maloney to drive home a ferocious equaliser from 20 yards just seconds from the final whistle.
It was a spectacular twist to the match and agonising for QPR who had played all but 20 minutes with only 10 men after Bobby Zamora was sent off for a moment of madness.
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