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Wayne Rooney saves Man United blushes, Liverpool shocked by Swansea

Wayne Rooney's stoppage-time free kick saved a point for Manchester United as they extended their unbeaten run in the Premier League to 13 games with a 1-1 draw against Stoke City.

Rooney, who became the club's all-time top goal scorer with the strike, earned a draw that was deserved after United had been on top for much of the game.

They went behind to a Juan Mata own goal in the 19th minute when the Spaniard diverted Erik Pieters' cross beyond David De Gea.

Mata had an opportunity to make amends after half an hour when Zlatan Ibrahimovic's ball gave him an open goal to aim at but the Spaniard managed to put his effort over the bar from six yards out.

And Jesse Lingard struck the top of the bar late on as United desperately looked to find an equaliser before Rooney's heroics.

Liverpool's winless run in the Premier League extended to three games as they were beaten 3-2 by struggling Swansea City at Anfield.

The Reds had the opportunity to move within four points of league leaders Chelsea with victory but their title aspirations took a serious dent with this defeat against a side who started the day bottom of the table.

Liverpool went close through Emre Can and an acrobatic Adam Lallana effort early on but Tom Carroll, making his Swansea debut, had the best chance of a slow first half when his shot was deflected onto the post by Dejan Lovren in the 18th minute.

After a slow first half the game really came to life after the break when two Fernando Llorente goals in the space of four minutes put Swansea in control.

That woke Liverpool up and they responded and drew level thanks to two from Roberto Firmino before Gylfi Sigurdsson's 74th minute effort sealed the points to give Paul Clement his first win in charge of the club.

Tottenham Hotspur staged a dramatic second-half comeback to snatch a controversial 2-2 draw at Premier League title rivals Manchester City.

Spurs were run ragged for an hour by a resurgent City at the Etihad Stadium and conceded twice in quick succession to Leroy Sane and Kevin De Bruyne after errors by Hugo Lloris.

But second-placed Spurs hit back through Dele Alli and then grabbed an equaliser through substitute Son Heung-min after Raheem Sterling was denied what seemed an obvious penalty.

The result ended Tottenham's run of six consecutive wins and may prove costly in their attempts to make up ground on leaders Chelsea.

West Ham United won for the second consecutive game without Dimitri Payet as they overcame Middlesbrough 3-1 at the Riverside Stadium thanks to an Andy Carroll brace.

Carroll headed home from a Manuel Lanzini corner in the ninth minute to put the Hammers in front.

But Cristhian Stuani had the hosts back on level terms in the 26th minute when Calum Chambers' square ball found him at the back post.

However, Carroll had the Hammers back in front before half time when Victor Valdes fumbled Michail Antonio's effort allowing him to fire home the rebound.

And Jonathan Calleri wrapped up the scoring with his first goal for the club in stoppage time.

West Bromwich Albion continued their impressive form with a comfortable 2-0 win against Sunderland, a result that keeps them comfortably in the Premier League's top eight.

Baggies captain Darren Fletcher had them in front on 30 minutes, the midfielder chesting down Chris Brunt's cross before volleying past Vito Mannone.

Six minutes later Brunt got his name on the scoresheet, firing home from 20-yards after Nacer Chadli's effort rebounded off the crossbar.

That defeat, Sunderland's 15th in 22 games this season, leaves them rock bottom of the Premier League but still only three points from safety.

A late Benik Afobe goal rescued a point for Bournemouth as they twice came from behind to draw 2-2 with Watford in a midtable clash.

Christian Kabasele headed home from close range in the 23rd minute to put the Hornets in front at Dean Court.

But Bournemouth came out of the blocks quickly in the second half and were quickly level through Josh King, who converted from Adam Smith's cross.

Troy Deeney's 64th-minute header from a Tom Cleverley corner looked to have earned the points for the visitors before Afobe's 83rd minute strike ensured honours finished even.

Sam Allardyce's wait for a first Premier League win as manager of Crystal Palace continued as a late Seamus Coleman strike earned Everton a 1-0 win at Selhurst Park.

Allardyce has now been in charge of the Eagles for five games and earned only two points, but they looked on course for the draw against the Toffees with their resilient defending showing that their manager's influence is being felt.

The goal that had long been coming, and which Everton had earned, finally arrived in the 87th minute and left Palace unhappy given it came with Schlupp on the floor hoping for treatment.

Tom Davies, who had excelled against City but had largely been quiet, played a through-ball into the area towards Coleman, and from there the full-back powerfully struck towards the near, top-right corner, cruelly ending Hennessey's resistance.