Swansea stunned Arsenal with two late goals to run out 2-1 winners at the Liberty Stadium and inflict the Gunners’ second Premier League defeat of the season.
Alexis Sanchez’s 12th goal of the season seemed to have rewarded his team’s second-half improvement and put them on track for a top-four spot.
But Arsene Wenger’s men were shocked again just five days after their Champions League collapse against Anderlecht when they led 3-0 only to be pulled back to 3-3 at the Emirates Stadium.
Gylfi Sigurdsson levelled 15 minutes from time with a stunning 25-yard free-kick and then substitute Bafetimbi Gomis, who had replaced Wilfried Bony immediately after the Swansea equaliser, headed his first Premier League goal within three minutes of his arrival.
Tottenham’s woes at White Hart Lane took another turn for the worse as Mauricio Pochettino’s side slumped to a 2-1 defeat at home to Stoke in the Premier League.
Bojan Krkic’s driving shot gave Stoke an early lead and Spurs fell two behind shortly after the half-hour mark when Jonathan Walters tapped home from close range.
Tottenham scored twice late on to beat Aston Villa last week and the home side were give hope when Nacer Chadli smashed home a volley with 13 minutes to play.
Stoke were dogged and determined, however, and as Kyle Naughton was sent off with six minutes to play, the visitors held on for their first victory in four matches.
Ayoze Perez’s moment of magic inspired Newcastle to a comfortable 2-0 win at West Brom, their fifth successive victory in all competitions.
The striker brilliantly scored a third goal in as many games with a back-heeled flick into the far corner past the helpless Ben Foster as Alan Pardew’s Magpies revival continued at the Hawthorns.
Fabricio Coloccini’s header added the gloss for Newcastle, who have now won their last four Premier League games.
Pure insanity! What a goal. Perez with a unbelievable finish. #NUFC https://t.co/7QX0GrQJGB via @vine
— Nas (@nufctoonarmy) November 10, 2014
Leighton Baines snatched a point for Everton as Sunderland were denied back-to-back Premier League victories by a late penalty.
The full-back scuffed his 76th-minute spot-kick under home goalkeeper Costel Pantilimon following Connor Wickham’s illegal challenge on Seamus Coleman. It came nine minutes after Sebastian Larsson had fired the Black Cats ahead with a superb free-kick, his first league strike from a set-piece since December 2011.
Wickham and his team-mates, as well as the home fans among a crowd of 43,476 at the Stadium of Light, were incensed at referee Lee Mason’s decision to award a penalty, although replays suggested they had little cause to be.
A tight contest remained in the balance until the final whistle, with keepers Pantilimon and Tim Howard both producing important saves before the goals started to go in, although James McCarthy’s injury-time clearance denied Wes Brown a last-gasp winner.
