Sunday Review

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A review of Sunday's action in the Barclays Premier League.


Chelsea recorded their first win under new manager Guus Hiddink as the Blues' resurgence under their new boss continued with a 3-0 win at Crystal Palace.

Oscar gave the Blues the lead in the first half before Willian and Diego Costa put Palace out of sight to complete arguably the champions' best performance of the season so far.

The victory is Chelsea's first on the road in the league since August and means Hiddink remains unbeaten after three games in charge.

It was one year to the day that Alan Pardew was appointed Palace manager and the clubs' respective reversal in fortunes since then remains remarkable given this time last year Chelsea sat top and the Eagles were in the relegation zone.

The teams' overall trajectories remain but Chelsea will take great confidence from a win that moves them up to 14th and demonstrated that European football may still not be out of reach.

Tottenham claimed a point thanks to Dele Alli's volley but may well feel unfortunate not to have taken three as they drew 1-1 with Everton at Goodison Park.

Although the visitors dominated the first half, they fell behind in the 22nd minute when ex-Spurs man Aaron Lennon smashed the ball home at the end of a fine Everton team move.

Tottenham had struck the woodwork before that goal through Harry Kane and did so again via Ben Davies before deservedly equalising in first-half stoppage time when Alli fired in.

Everton improved after the break and substitute Muhamed Besic and Ramiro Funes Mori went close for them, but neither side could find a winner.

The result sees Tottenham's run of three straight Barclays Premier League victories come to an end, and the gap between them in fourth and leaders Arsenal now stands at six points, while they are three points clear of fifth-placed Manchester United.

They were being talked up as possible title contenders in the build-up to the game, and while that remains very much up for debate, there was enough for boss Mauricio Pochettino to be encouraged by here.