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Victor Moses’ stoppage-time penalty spoiled Tim Sherwood’s debut as Aston Villa manager as his side were condemned to a 2-1 loss at Villa Park in the Barclays Premier League.

Sherwood saw his side get off to a flying start when on loan winger Scott Sinclair headed home Fabian Delph’s cross after 20 minutes.

But the visitors equalised on the stroke of half-time when Mame Biram Diouf beat Brad Guzan from six yards.

A draw could have been a fair result but there was heart-break at the death for Villa and their fans.

Ron Vlaar brought down Moses in the box as the clock ticked past 90. The Dutchman was shown a red card and the Nigerian composed himself to score from 12 yards.

Ben Mee was the unlikely Burnley hero as he earned them a shock point against ten-man Chelsea.

The visitors stunned the league leaders at Stamford Bridge when defender Mee headed home Kieran Trippier’s 81st minute corner to cancel out Branislav Ivanovic’s opener.

The draw meant the Blues missed the chance to go 10 points clear and handed Manchester City fresh hope in the title race while Burnley climbed up a place to third bottom.

Arsenal survived a late scare against Crystal Palace to secure a 2-1 victory at Selhurst Park and climb up to third place.

Santi Cazorla opened the scoring from the spot in inside the opening 10 minutes after Pape Souare gave away a penalty.

And despite Glenn Murray pulling one back at the death, the damage had already been done thanks to Olivier Giroud’s close-range finish.

Manchester United lost for only the second time since November as Swansea came from behind to win 2-1.

Jonjo Shelvey grabbed the winner for Swansea in the 73rd minute, scoring a deflected shot from 25 metres to complete a league double for the Welsh side over United.

The former Liverpool man set up South Korea midfielder Ki Sung-yueng for the equaliser in the 30^th minute, cancelling out Ander Herrera’s opener for United two minutes earlier.

Manchester City romped to a 5-0 win over Newcastle to gain ground on Chelsea in the title race.

The champions were ahead within 90 seconds, after Vurnon Anita tripped Eden Dzeko in the box. Sergio Aguero calmly slotted home the penalty, before Samir Nasri showed similar composure when scoring the second a few minutes later.

Eden Dzeko scored the goal of the first half, when he chested down David Silva’s pass before firing past Tim Krul to make it 3-0.

Silva inflicted more agony on the visitors in the second half, scoring two quick goals to seal a highly-impressive victory for the Citizens.

Dame N’Doye scored an 89th-minute winner as Hull City grabbed a dramatic 2-1 win over 10-man Queens Park Rangers at the KC Stadium.

Nikica Jelavic opened the scoring before the visitors shot themselves in the foot midway through the first half when Joey Barton was sent off for a punch on Tom Huddlestone.

Charlie Austin equalised in the 39th minute, but his side couldn’t hold on to a point as N’doye celebrated his 30th birthday with a late strike.

Premier League strugglers Sunderland were unable to break down Tony Pulis’ stubborn West Brom side, as the visitors held on to earn a 0-0 draw.

Adam Johnson saw a goal wrongly given for offside.

The former Manchester City winger had the ball in the net in the final minute of the first half, only for his effort to be chalked off by the officials – a decision that TV replays proved was incorrect.