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Friday, January 2, 2015

Spurs rout leaves Chelsea, City neck-and-neck

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Harry Kane starred as Tottenham Hotspur crushed Chelsea 5-3 in a New Year's Day blockbuster to leave Jose Mourinho's side dead-level with Manchester City at the Premier League summit.

Kane, a 21-year-old Spurs youth-team graduate, scored twice and had a hand in two other goals as Mourinho conceded five goals for only the second time in his managerial career.

Diego Costa put Chelsea ahead in the 18th minute at White Hart Lane by tapping in Oscar's shot after Eden Hazard had hit the post, but Kane drilled in from the edge of the box on the half hour.

Danny Rose put Spurs ahead in the 44th minute and Andros Townsend extended the hosts' lead from the penalty spot in first-half stoppage time after Kane had been felled by Gary Cahill.


Nacer Chadli teed up Kane to make it 4-1 early in the second half and Kane returned the favour after Hazard had reduced the arrears, with Chelsea captain John Terry netting a further consolation in the 87th minute.

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Earlier, Lampard had celebrated the extension of his loan move from City's sister club New York City FC by coming off the bench to score the winner against Sunderland at the Etihad Stadium just three minutes after replacing Jovetic.

They beat Sunderland 3-2.

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Third-place Manchester United lost further momentum after drawing 1-1 with Stoke City at a windy Britannia Stadium, where Radamel Falcao cancelled out Ryan Shawcross's second-minute opener.

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Southampton tightened their grip on fourth place and closed to within a point of United by winning 2-0 at home to Arsenal, who fell three points off the Champions League places as a result.

Sadio Mane curled home from a narrow angle on the right after Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny went for a stroll in the 34th minute, with Dusan Tadic adding a second in the 56th minute after a defensive mix-up.

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Freshly appointed West Bromwich Albion manager Tony Pulis watched from the stands as his new club drew 1-1 at West Ham United, with Saido Berahino cancelling out Diafra Sakho's neatly constructed 10th-minute opener. The result kept West Brom a point above the relegation zone.

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Second-bottom Burnley showed extraordinary spirit to come from behind three times and force a 3-3 draw at Newcastle United, whose manager, Alan Pardew, is on the verge of joining Crystal Palace.

Steven Taylor, Jack Colback and Moussa Sissoko scored for Newcastle, but Burnley, who lost three players to injury in the first half, hit back each time through a Paul Dummett own goal and goals from Danny Ings and George Boyd.

Pardew was in the stands to watch Palace draw 0-0 at Aston Villa, ahead of his expected appointment as the successor to the sacked Neil Warnock.

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Liverpool's recent momentum was curbed as they threw away a 2-0 lead to draw 2-2 at home to bottom club Leicester City, which left them seven points below the top four in eighth place.

A pair of first-half Steven Gerrard penalties put Liverpool in control, but two goals in two minutes by David Nugent and Jeffrey Schlupp prevented Brendan Rodgers's side from registering a third successive win.

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Substitute Wilfried Bony earned Swansea City a 1-1 draw at Queens Park Rangers, cancelling out Leroy Fer's 20th-minute thunderbolt with a cool stoppage-time strike.

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Meanwhile, Ahmed Elmohamady and Nikica Jelavic scored unanswered goals as Hull City condemned Everton to a fourth straight loss.

English Premier League results on Thursday:

Aston Villa 0 Crystal Palace 0
Hull 2 Everton 0
Liverpool 2 Leicester 2
Manchester City 3 Sunderland 2
Newcastle 3 Burnley 3
QPR 1 Swansea 1
Southampton 2 Arsenal 0
Stoke 1 Manchester United 1
Tottenham 5 Chelsea 3
West Ham 1 West Brom 1

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