Highlights:
— Xhaka and Arsenal hit the self-destruct button as they were thumped 0-1 at home.
— Jeffrey Schlupp earns point for Palace after Harry Kane opener
— Salah's 79th minute penalty saves the Reds
— Gylfi Sigurdsson penalty ends Chelsea's 17-game unbeaten run
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Crystal Palace 1-1 Tottenham:
Tottenham extended their unbeaten run to 10 matches, but they had to settle for a point at Crystal Palace.
Spurs seemed content to sit on their slender lead, and Palace deservedly equalised through Schlupp after Hugo Lloris spilled Ebere Eze's free-kick (81).
Guaita made a superb one-handed save to deny Eric Dier's free-kick in stoppage time as Palace moved above Newcastle and Wolves into 11th place.
Player ratings
Crystal Palace: Guaita (8), Clyne (6), Kouyate (7), Cahill (7), van Aanholt (6), Schlupp (7), Milivojevic (7), McArthur (6), Eze (7), Benteke (7), Zaha (7).
Subs: Townsend (n/a), Riedewald (6).
Tottenham: Lloris (6), Aurier (6), Alderweireld (7), Dier (7), Reguilon (7), Ndombele (6), Hojbjerg (7), Bergwijn (6), Sissoko (7), Son (6), Kane (7).
Subs: Lo Celso (6), Alli (n/a), Davies (n/a).
Man of the match: Vicente Guaita.
Fresh from their biggest ever away win in the top flight at West Brom last weekend, Roy Hodgson placed his faith in the same starting XI that was aided by Matheus Pereira's dismissal in the 5-1 victory at The Hawthorns.
Palace went into the contest winless in their previous 10 Premier League meetings with Spurs, with their 1-1 draw in this exact fixture last season ending a run of nine straight league defeats against them. And it was Mourinho's men who carved open the first chance as Toby Alderweireld spotted the run of Heung-Min Son but the South Korean was unable to direct his shot on target from close range.
Lloris was drawn into action for the first time moments later to deny Wilfried Zaha down to his right but the visitors ought to have broken the deadlock when Serge Aurier's cross was swept towards goal by the returning Tanguy Ndombele only for Guaita to make a superb stop.
That sparked a period of sustained pressure on the Palace goal which ultimately led to Kane's opener. The England striker had already seen a header from Son's corner kept out by the overworked Guaita before the pair combined for the 12th time this season to give Spurs the lead.
There looked very little on when Kane collected the ball 30 yards out, but his dipping right-foot shot went through the gloves of the Palace stopper.
Hodgson will have been encouraged by how his side ended the half strongly, however, with Eze taking Schlupp's pass to very nearly restore parity but his shot thudded off Lloris' left-hand post.
Palace welcomed home fans back to Selhurst Park for the first time since March
Fulham 1-1 Liverpool:
Mohamed Salah's penalty cancels out Bobby Decordova-Reid's opener after Reds' slow start
Fulham gave their returning 2,000 fans plenty to cheer with a brilliant first-half performance and battling second-half display to hold Liverpool to a 1-1 draw in the Premier League.
Liverpool missed the chance to go top of the Premier League despite recovering from a woeful first-half against Fulham to salvage a 1-1 draw at Craven Cottage.
A draw for Premier League leaders Tottenham at Crystal Palace earlier on Sunday had opened the door for Liverpool but they were caught cold by Scott Parker's side, who were roared on by their returning 2,000 supporters and deservedly led through Bobby Decordova-Reid's blast on 25 minutes.
Fit-again Alisson kept Liverpool in it during a wretched opening half from the visitors and Jurgen Klopp's side battled back after the break, with Mohamed Salah forcing home a penalty on 79 minutes.
They will have another chance to go top of the table when they face Tottenham at Anfield in a mouth-watering clash on Wednesday. Fulham, meanwhile, can take positives from their performance while they remain in 17th on the table.
Everton 1-0 Chelsea:
Gylfi Sigurdsson slots penalty to end visitors' 17-game unbeaten run
—Gylfi Sigurdsson's penalty inflicts second Premier League defeat of the season on Chelsea;
— Blues were unbeaten in 17 matches ahead of trip to Merseyside;
— Everton welcome 2,000 fans back into Goodison in style to move up to seventh
Gylfi Sigurdsson's first Premier League goal of the season ensured Everton secured a 1-0 win over Chelsea to end the Blues' 17-match unbeaten run in all competitions.
With 2,000 supporters back in the stands at Goodison Park, Sigurdsson's calmly-slotted 22nd-minute penalty after Edouard Mendy had fouled Dominic Calvert-Lewin proved to be enough to secure all three points for Carlo Ancelotti's side.
Mason Mount struck the woodwork twice in the second period, while Everton were denied a second penalty after a VAR review showed Calvert-Lewin to have been in an offside position in the build-up.
Arsenal 0-1 Burnley
Xhaka and Arsenal hit the self-destruct button as Arteta's Gunners project goes into meltdown.
All the good work that had been done during the second half of last season has been crumbling away in recent weeks as the Gunners slumped to their worst league start in 39 years.
And on Sunday night the self-destruct button was well and truly pushed.
It started with Granit Xhaka inexplicably getting himself sent off for grabbing Ashley Westwood round the neck and ended with captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang heading past Bernd Leno to give Burnley a 1-0 win in north London.
The Gunners are now just five points off the Premier League relegation zone after losing 1-0 to Burnley at Emirates Stadium
The end result was a fourth successive home defeat in the league for Arsenal, something that has not happened since 1959.
Arteta’s side now sit 15th in the table and are just five points above the relegation zone.
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