A late minute powerful Robin van Persie strike from a rebound, deep into stoppage time, helped Man United salvage a 1-1 draw against Chelsea at Old Trafford yesterday.
Didier Drogba returned to haunt Man United with his first Premier League goal since his return to the Premier league this season, with a header similar to the one he scored against Bayern Munich in the Champions League final of 2012.
And Chelsea looked to be extending their lead to six points, however, after Branislav Ivanovic conceded a free kick in the left corner, and was shown a second yellow card, Angel Di Maria whipped in a great ball which RVP smashed home in stoppage time to send the home fans wild.
In between, both goalkeepers David De Gea and Thibaut Courtois had made some great saves and everything was pointing to a win for Chelsea until that powerful strike.
Samuel Eto'o scored twice as Everton climbed into the top half of the Premier League to leave joint-bottom Burnley still without a league win.
Eto'o's powerful early header was cancelled out by Danny Ings when he capitalised on a Romelu Lukaku mistake to convert Lukas Jutkiewicz's pass.
Yet Lukaku soon made amends when his scuffed shot found the left corner.
Eto'o then made the points certain with a superbly curled shot before being denied a hat-trick by the post.
Sammy Ameobi defined “super sub” by scoring eight seconds into the second half and fellow relief man Remy Cabella set up the winner for Ayoze Perez to give Newcastle respite out of the relegation zone.
Emmanuel Adebayor had put Spurs in front on 18 minutes, and they held that lead to the break but couldn’t ramp back to match speed after the break as Alan Pardew’s changed rang loud and clear.
