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Manchester United unearthed a sparkling gem to lighten the early-season gloom, Adnan Januzaj striking twice in a 2-1 win at Sunderland on Saturday after resurgent Liverpool stormed to the top of the Premier League.
Liverpool fans were celebrating a 3-1 victory over Crystal Palace, Luis Suarez, Daniel Sturridge and Steven Gerrard scoring, and their day seemed about to get even better as arch-rivals United trailed at bottom club Sunderland in the day's late kickoff.
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The champions seemed to be heading to a third consecutive Premiership defeat for the first time in 12 years after Craig Gardner had given Sunderland a deserved first-half lead but 18-year-old Januzaj, given a first league start by David Moyes, spared their blushes.
He sidefooted a 55th-minute equaliser and six minutes later produced a sumptuous left-foot volley to seal three welcome points for a United side experiencing their worst start to a season since 1989.
Victory moved United up to ninth with 10 points from seven games, six behind Liverpool who seemed set for a goal avalanche against Palace after netting three times in the first half.
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French striker Loic Remy gave Newcastle United's under-pressure manager Alan Pardew some relief by scoring twice in a 2-1 victory at Cardiff City.
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Fulham did the same for manager Martin Jol, edging past Stoke City 1-0 with Darren Bent's 83rd-minute winner, while Hull City drew 0-0 with Aston Villa.
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Liverpool lead Arsenal by a point and the Londoners can regain top spot on Sunday at West Brom.
Suarez put Liverpool in front on 13 minutes, receiving Jose Enrique's cut-back and sliding home a finish despite lying on the turf after losing his balance.
It was his second goal in as many games in the wake of his suspension for biting Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic last season.
Four minutes later Sturridge fired a shot across goal and past keeper Julian Speroni.
Gerrard added his 99th league goal, tucking away a penalty in the 38th minute after Dean Moxey held back Raheem Sterling.
Palace fans might have been fearing a repeat of their 9-0 defeat at Anfield in 1989 but had something to cheer late on when Dwight Gayle nodded a 77th-minute consolation.
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In the early kickoff at the Etihad Stadium, Alvaro Negredo and Sergio Aguero scored to help Manchester City come from behind to beat Everton, easing the disappointment of their home defeat by Bayern in the Champions League on Wednesday.
City manager Manuel Pelligrini kept faith with Joe Hart despite the England keeper's mistakes in the Bayern defeat.
Hart was at fault after 16 minutes when he failed to keep out Romelu Lukaku's low left-foot shot.
It took just a minute for City to find an equaliser, Yaya Toure working an angle on the edge of the box to find Negredo's run and the Spaniard slipping his shot beneath keeper Tim Howard.
Aguero put City ahead just before the interval when David Silva fed the Argentine on the right of the area and the striker shot low past Howard into the far corner.
City got their third when Pablo Zabaleta was impeded by Seamus Coleman and Howard tipped Aguero's penalty on to the post only for the ball to bounce back, hit the keeper on the head and roll into the net for an own goal.
Fourth-placed Tottenham Hotspur entertain London rivals West Ham United on Sunday while Chelsea, who are sixth, travel to Norwich City.
The Belgium-born 18-year-old marked his full debut for the club with a decisive double as United came from behind to beat Sunderland 2-1 at the Stadium of Light.
His performance prompted former England international Gary Lineker, who was watching the game at the BBC studios with England manager Roy Hodgson, to tweet that he could qualify for England in 2015.
Asked if the FA had been in touch with the club over Januzaj, Moyes replied: "Yes, they have."
Januzaj, who is of Kosovan descent, is eligible to play for several different countries already, Belgium, Albania and Turkey among them.
However, Moyes believes he could qualify for England in the near future because of residency rules.
He said with a smile: "And maybe Scotland as well. I think there is some way that he could qualify for England, yes.
"I think he's got a choice of countries to play for. He's got probably three or four different countries he could choose to play for.
"Obviously, he has been called up by Belgium several times and chosen not to at the moment, and he's wanted by, I think, Albania, Croatia and a few others as well.
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