Jamie Vardy missed two good chances to extend his goalscoring streak to 12 straight games but a Riyad Mahrez hat-trick sent Leicester back to the top of the Barclays Premier League.

Everton 6 Sunderland 2<br>It felt entirely appropriate a team nicknamed the Black Cats crossed Arouna Kone’s path on the day he produced his best performance in an Everton shirt.

Sunderland 0 Tottenham 1: Tottenham Hotspur finally won their first match of the Premier League season at the fifth attempt, but Harry Kane is still waiting for his first goal of the campaign.

Aston Villa 2 Sunderland 2: A moment of frustration left Tim Sherwood with a hamstring injury – but the Aston Villa boss was delighted with his team’s performance despite having to settle for a draw against Sunderland.

Jermain Defoe answered Sunderland’s call in their hour of need to hand head coach Dick Advocaat a first Barclays Premier league point of the season.

Sunderland head coach Dick Advocaat admitted there was “something wrong” with his team after seeing them slip to a second comprehensive defeat in as many weeks.

PREMIER LEAGUE RESULTS: Sunderland 1-3 Norwich, Swansea 2-0 Newcastle, Tottenham 2-2 Stoke, Watford 0-0 West Brom, West Ham 1-2 Leicester

Sunderland 0 Leicester 0: Leicester players are backing both Nigel Pearsons for manager of the year awards after the Foxes completed perhaps the greatest of all escapes. That’s one for the man we see in public, and another for the real Pearson.

Sunderland striker Danny Graham’s first goal for the club may have been a fluke but its significance could not be under-estimated as the Black Cats took another step towards Premier League survival.

Newcastle boss John Carver suspected defender Mike Williamson of deliberately getting himself sent off as the Magpies’ 3-0 loss at Leicester left them in the thick of a Barclays Premier League relegation battle.

Head coach John Carver admitted he was "embarrassed" by Newcastle's capitulation at Sunderland after seeing his side slip to a fifth successive derby defeat.

West Ham striker Diafra Sakho scored a late winner to inflict defeat on new Sunderland head coach Dick Advocaat in his first match in charge and finally bring some cheer back to Upton Park.

Premier League

Hull 1 Sunderland 1

Manchester United 2 Sunderland 0

Sunderland 0 QPR 2

Team news for the 3pm Premier League games

Sunderland 0 Liverpool 1

Sunderland 1 Leeds United 0

Aston Villa held Sunderland to a 0-0 draw despite going down to 10 men for the third time in four games.

Newcastle United 0 Sunderland 1

Adam Johnson condemned Newcastle to a fourth successive derby defeat for the first time in their history as Sunderland snatched a dramatic last-gasp 1-0 victory at St James’ Park.

If Liverpool are still struggling to come to terms with the loss of Luis Suarez then, even as the last week has catapulted them back into Champions League contention, it has also offered Brendan Rodgers the glimpse of an even more unpalatable Anfield future.

Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart is poised to sign a new contract with the Premier League champions.

Sunderland 1 Manchester City 4

Sunderland 1 Manchester City 4

Willian and Santiago Vergini both hit the woodwork as Sunderland extended their run of good results against Chelsea with a 0-0 draw.

Sunderland 1 Everton 1

Sunderland 1 Everton 1

Premier League

Sunderland have completed the signing of midfielder Jack Rodwell from Manchester City on a five-year deal.

Sunderland appeared to one step closer to signing Manchester City’s Jack Rodwell after he was pictured at the club’s training ground on Monday.

Arsenal remain confident of pushing through a £30 million (€37m) deal for Chile winger Alexis Sanchez from Barcelona and expect to complete the signing of France defender Mathieu Debuchy later this week.

Manchester City have announced the signing of goalkeeper Willy Caballero from Malaga on a three-year contract.

Manchester City are closing in on a deal for Malaga goalkeeper Willy Caballero.

Reluctant gambler Mick Martin will rarely punt the full house: “You’d have put your kitchen sink on Hernandez to score there.”

Manchester City 1 Wigan 2

Manchester City 1 Wigan 2

Manchester City 3 Sunderland 1

Manchester City’s top scorer Sergio Aguero is passed fit to start the Capital One Cup final against Sunderland at Wembley.

Manuel Pellegrini is expecting a more favourable crowd reaction as Manchester City return to Wembley this weekend.

Manuel Pellegrini expects his Manchester City players to have learnt from last year’s Wembley nightmare as they prepare for this weekend’s Capital One Cup final against Sunderland.

Stevan Jovetic and Samir Nasri struck as Manchester City turned the tables on Chelsea to claim a place in the FA Cup quarter-finals.

Man City 4 Watford 2