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Sunday Premier League round-up - - (March 5th 2017)

Review, reports and reaction from Sunday's action in the Premier League with wins for Tottenham and Manchester City.


Tottenham 3-2 Everton
Sunderland 0-2 Manchester City

Harry Kane won his top-scorer tussle with Romelu Lukaku by bagging a brace as Tottenham held on for a 3-2 victory over Everton.

Kane and Lukaku began the day tied at the top of the Premier League goal-charts, and the pair took centre stage again as Kane's double put Spurs two up before Lukaku's late strike sparked hopes of a comeback.

Dele Alli restored the two-goal cushion in injury-time before substitute Enner Valencia added another goal seconds later to complete a dramatic finish at White Hart Lane.

Victory for Mauricio Pochettino's men means they reduce the gap behind league leaders Chelsea to seven points, with the Blues travelling to West Ham on Monday.

Sergio Aguero struck for the fifth time in three games as Manchester City eased past relegation-haunted Sunderland 2-0 and back into third place.

Aguero's 42nd-minute strike handed City the lead and Leroy Sane added a second after the break to secure a 2-0 victory on a day when Pep Guardiola's men were made to work harder than they might have anticipated to claim the points.

The win - their seventh in eight games in all competitions - leaves them eight points adrift of leaders Chelsea ahead of Wednesday night's home clash with Stoke.

By contrast Sunderland, who have taken maximum points from just one of their last 10 league fixtures, remain rooted to the foot of the table, although manager David Moyes may take a crumb of comfort from the fact that they more than matched City until the opening goal.