LONDON: Son Heung-min`s double earned Tottenham Hotspur a point from a pulsating 2-2 draw against Arsenal, as Liverpool moved into second in the Premier League with a 3-1 win over West Ham United on Sunday.

Brighton & Hove Albion climb up to third after beating Bournemouth 3-1, but Chelsea still cannot buy a goal as Mauricio Pochettino`s men lost 1-0 at home to Aston Villa.

Spurs have still won just once in their last 31 away league meetings with Arsenal, but the optimism garnered under Ange Postecoglou`s early weeks in charge was not punctured at the Emirates despite twice falling behind in the north London derby.

Arsenal`s bright start was rewarded when Bukayo Saka`s strilce was deflected into his own net by Cristian Romero.

But for the fifth time in seven games under Postecoglou, Tottenham fought back from a goal down.

David Raya has displaced Aaron Ramsdale as Arsenal`s number one goalkeeper as he was selected for the third consecutive game byMikel Arteta.

The Spaniard justified that decision with a stunning save to deny Brennan Johnson his first Tottenham goal.

However, the visitors were not denied for long as James Maddison`s cross was swept home by Son at the near post three minutes before halftime.

Romero`s afternoon went from bad to worse when he was harshly penalised for handball and Saka stroked home the resulting penalty to restore Arsenal`s lead.

But the Gunners lost record signing Declan Rice at half-time to injury and that proved costly as an error from his replacement Jorginho gifted Tottenham an equaliser just a minute later.

Maddison was again the creator as he robbed the Italian midfielder and teed up Son for a cool finish into the far corner.

Meanwhile, Liverpool cut Manchester City`s lead at the top to two points as Jurgen Klopp`s men showed more promising signs of getting back to their best.

The Reds sank to fifth last season, but have the firepower that couldmake them the biggest threat to City`s throne as champions.

Mohamed Salah opened the scoring from the penalty spot after he was upended in the box by Nayef Aguerd.

West Ham`s only previous defeat this season came at home to City last weekend and they bounced back to fully merit their equaliser before half-time when Jarrod Bowen`s diving header found the far corner.

However, the Hammers were undone by a moment of magic when Alexis Mac Allister`s inch-perfect chip picked out Darwin Nunez, who volleyed into the far corner.

Diogo Jota then came off the bench to make it 3-1 five minutes from time.

Brighton took advantage of dropped points for both north London sides to move up to third after coming from behind to beat Bournemouth 3-1.

Roberto De Zerbi made nine changes from the side that started the Seagulls` first ever European game in a 3-2 defeat by AEK Athens and paid the price in a slow start.

Dominic Solanke firedBournemouth in front after a glaring error from Brighton `keeper Bart Verbruggen.

Milos Kerkez`s own goal brought Brighton level in first-half stoppage time, but that did not stop De Zerbi sending on Kaoru Mitoma at the brealc The Japanese winger took just 16 seconds to put Brighton in front with a precise finish and Mitoma made sure of the points when he headed home Pervis Estupinan`s cross 14 minutes from time.

In Sunday`s other fixture, Chelsea`s disastrous start to Pochettino`s reign goes on as the toothless Blues failed to score for a third consecutive game.

Malo Gusto`s straight red card for a lunge on Lucas Digne on the hour marl< gave the home side a mountain to climb at Stamford Bridge.

Villa made their man advantage count when Ollie Watkins` powerful stril(e beat Robert Sanchez from a narrow angle.

Despite spending more than any other Premier League club in the summer transfer window, Chelsea have taken just ñve points from Pochettino`s first sixleague games in charge.

On Saturday, Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes struck a sublime volley to earn a 1-0 victory at Burnley as Eril< ten Hag`s side ended a three-match losing streakin all competition while Everton registered their Hrstleague victory of the season, producing an impressive display to triumph 3-1 at Brentford whose home struggles continued.-Agencies