City held by Hull, Chelsea win at Aston Villa

James Milner came to the rescue for Manchester City to score a well taken free kick and spur the champions’ blushes after falling behind against Hull.

David Meyler had opened the score for the visiting team after some poor defending from Manchester City with James Milner salvaging a point for Pellegrini’s team.

Aston Villa finally scored after not finding the net for 11 hours of play in the Premier League when Jores Okore headed the ball into net as his team lost 2-1 to Chelsea.

Eden Hazard opened the score for the blues after just eight minutes, with Oscar and Willian combining well to serve Hazard.

Paul Lamberts’ side worked hard to prevent Chelsea scoring more goals and instead managed to equalise through Jores Okore.

However it was not to be for Aston Villa as Branislav Ivanovic volleyed home after being served by Cesar Azpilicueta to put Chelsea seven points clear of Manchester City.

The impressive Southampton had to wait until the third minute of added time to secure a win against a compact QPR at Loftus Road.  Mane scored the important goal for the Saints as they maintained their push for a place in the Champions League.

Crystal Palace secured their fourth straight away win and another victory under new manager Alan Pardew as they beat Leicester 1-0 thanks to a goal by Joe Ledley.

The midfielder nodded the ball home after substitute Brede Hangeland headed the ball back across goal.

Defeat means Leicester remain anchored at the bottom of the table three points adrift from safety, with Burnley potentially increasing the gap should they beat West Brom on Sunday.

Swansea came from behind to draw with Sunderland 1-1.

Jermain Defoe put Sunderland ahead when he ran from inside his own half to fire the ball into the bottom corner.

Swansea however had other intentions and Ki Sung Yeung equalised for the swans who headed the ball into the net off a Kyle Naughton cross.

In the North London Derby's early kick off, Mezut Ozil’s third goal in as many matches since returning from injury gave the Gunners the lead on the 11th minute, with keeper David Ospina having to pull a series of fine saves to keep his team in front.

Tottenham were awarded for their efforts when on the 56th minute Harry Kane scored the equaliser to secure his first Northern derby goal.

Kane then scored the winner four minutes before the final whistle with a strong header which ended in the far corner.

Arsenal had started brightly with some possession work but the hosts quickly took control of the match even though going a goal down.

Arsenal went ahead when Danny Welbeck burst through with pace pulling the ball back to Giroud, whose mis-hit effort fell to the feet of Ozil to volley the ball home.

With Tottenham dominating possession, it was not long before they grabbed an equaliser when a flick on from Christian Ericksen, Kane reacted the quickest to put the ball into the net.

And with the game headed to a draw, Kane planted a looping header from a Bentaleb’s cross into the far corner for his 14th Premier League goal this season.