Leicester Upset Everton, Ayew Earn Point For Villa, While Man U Slump to Norwich As Chelsea Regain their Lost Confidence..

Leicester upset Everton at Goodison Park; Chelsea back to winning ways after Mourinho as Van Gaal side slump to the newly promoted Norwich….

Manchester United suffered a third consecutive defeat at the hand of Norwich City by 2- as ‘The Canaries’ got their first victory at Old Trafford since 1989.

The result sees United drop out of the top-four on the table headed by Leicester City.

Meanwhile, Chelsea began the post-Jose Mourinho era with a 3-1 victory over Sunderland at Stamford Bridge to ease away from the Premier League's bottom three while Leicester City moved five points clear at the top.

The home fans sang the name of the man who was sacked on Thursday after Chelsea's worst start to a season since 1978 and newly appointed interim coach Guus Hiddink watched from the stands, goals from Branislav Ivanovic, Pedro and Oscar restored some sense of normality in west London.

Leicester's remarkable title challenge continued with a 3-2 victory at Everton that ensures they will spend Christmas top of the table, a year after occupying bottom place heading into the hectic holiday schedule.

Two Riyad Mahrez penalties and a goal from Shinji Okazaki put Leicester on 38 points from 17 games, with chasing Arsenal and Manchester City, who clash on Monday, on 33 and 32 respectively.

Tottenham Hotspur took advantage of United's woes to move into fourth place thanks to a 2-0 win at Southampton while Crystal Palace remain sixth after a 2-1 win at Stoke City.

Bournemouth claimed a third consecutive league victory with a late Charlie Daniels penalty sealing a 2-1 victory at West Bromwich Albion who had James McClean sent off in the first half and Salomon Rondon in stoppage time.

Jordan Ayew's stunning goal cancels out Coloccini's first-half effort. Ayew drove into the top corner from just inside the area to cancel out Fabricio Coloccini close-range opener and reshape the final scoreline Newcastle 1-1 Aston villa respectively...
Both sides had chances to win in the closing stages, with Newcastle striker Georginio Wijnaldum and Villa's Rudy Gestede having shots saved. 

Results:

Chelsea 3-1 Sunderland

Everton 2-3 Leicester City

Manchester United 1-2 Norwich City

Southampton 0-2 Tottenham Hotspur

Stoke City 1-2 Crystal Palace

West Brom 1-2 Bournemouth
Newcastle 1-1 Aston Villa.