Liverpool: Steven Pienaar scored in his first game back at Goodison Park as Everton beat Chelsea 2-0 in the Premier League, on Saturday, to pile more pressure on manager Andre Villas-Boas whose training sessions have been closely monitored by Russian owner Roman Abramovich this week.
The South Africa international, who rejoined the club last month on loan from Tottenham, opened the scoring in the sixth minute with a powerful shot into the roof of the net.
Chelsea, which had yet to lose a league game in 2012, had several chances to equalize through Daniel Sturridge and Frank Lampard but both missed the target.
Everton made the game safe when striker Denis Stracqualursi slotted the ball into the bottom right corner from the penalty area in the 71st minute.
At White Hart Lane, Emmanuel Adebayor scored one goal and set up four as Tottenham Hotspur thumped Newcastle United 5-0 to strengthen their grip on third place in the Premier League.
Spurs were two up after six minutes and had established a four-goal lead by halftime with new signing Louis Saha on target twice and Benoit Assou-Ekotto and Niko Kranjcar also scoring.
Arsenal, meanwhile, made the most of another Chelsea slip-up to climb to fourth after coming from behind to beat Sunderland 2-1 thanks to substitute Thierry Henry's stoppage-time winner.
The former France striker volleyed home a cross from Andrei Arshavin in the first minute of stoppage time to complete Arsenal's comeback after James McClean gave Sunderland the lead in the 70th minute.
In another match, last-placed Wigan beat Bolton 2-1 to keep alive its flickering hopes of avoiding relegation. Blackburn beat Queens Park Rangers 3-2. (Agencies)
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