Manchester City beat Luton to get back on track, Everton down Chelsea

LUTON, England :Manchester City proved that talk of their demise was premature as the champions climbed back to within four points of leaders Liverpool in the Premier League with a much-needed 2-1 victory over Luton Town on Sunday, their first win in five league games.

Tottenham Hotspur also returned to form after a five-game winless streak as Richarlison's double helped them to a 4-1 defeat of Newcastle United.

Everton inflicted a third away defeat in a row on Chelsea with a 2-0 victory, while Fulham registered their second successive 5-0 victory when they thrashed West Ham United at home in a one-sided London derby.

City, without their Norwegian goal machine Erling Haaland who was ruled out with a foot problem, were trailing at halftime at a raucous Kenilworth Road after Elijah Adebayo headed Luton into the lead seconds before halftime.

But Bernardo Silva and Jack Grealish scored three minutes apart to keep the champions in fourth place on 33 points in a crowded title fight.

"Great performance after what happened in (recent) results," City manager Pep Guardiola told the BBC. "We conceded the goal in the last minute of the first half. It was a really good test and the players reacted as they had to."

Four points separate the top four teams with Liverpool (37) at the summit after their 2-1 win over Crystal Palace on Saturday, while Arsenal (36) are second after losing 1-0 at Aston Villa, who are third (35).

"I think a lot of people like to talk about City and go on like it's a big crisis," Grealish told Sky Sports. "In reality we've played very good teams."

Tottenham had slipped out of the picture after failing to win any of their previous five games, all of which they led 1-0.

But they are only seven points off the top in fifth