Arsenal go top

Arsene Wenger's Arsenal enjoyed a perfect week after they won 2-0 at Aston Villa on Sunday to supplant Manchester City at the Premier League summit.

Arsenal reached the Champions League last 16 on Wednesday by winning 3-0 at Olympiakos, Olivier Giroud scoring all three goals, and the Frenchman set the London side on their way at Villa Park with an early penalty.

Aaron Ramsey doubled Arsenal's lead before half-time, starting and finishing a swift counter-attack, as Wenger's men leapfrogged both City and former leaders Leicester City, who host champions Chelsea today.

Arsenal's fans' happiness at seeing their side go top was enhanced hours later when arch rivals Tottenham Hotspur's 14-game unbeaten run was ended by a 2-1 home defeat at the hands of Newcastle United.

Tottenham would have moved above United had they beaten Newcastle, but they remain fifth, three points below the Champions League berths, after late goals from substitutes Aleksandar Mitrovic and Ayoze Perez took Steve McClaren's side out of the relegation zone at Norwich City's expense.

Eric Dier's glancing header from Christian Eriksen's corner gave Spurs a 39th-minute lead, but Mitrovic poked home an equaliser two minutes after coming on as a substitute in the 72nd minute before Perez squeezed a winner beneath Hugo Lloris in the third minute of added time.

Newcastle had started to turn a corner by beating Liverpool last weekend and Klopp's men needed a last-gasp intervention from Origi to avoid a second consecutive defeat against West Brom.

Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson marked his first start since August with a 21st-minute opener, but Craig Dawson punished an error by goalkeeper Simon Mignolet to equalise on the half hour before Jonas Olsson headed the visitors in front in the 73rd minute from Chris Brunt's corner.

Liverpool centre-back Dejan Lovren had to be stretchered off with a nasty knee injury, but the eight minutes of injury time that ensued enabled Origi to rescue the hosts with a deflected equaliser.

Liverpool rise one place to ninth, five points off the top four, with Tony Pulis's West Brom four points further back in 13th.