Two minutes into added time, Everton believed that Joleon Lescott's second goal of the game had given them a crucial point.

But with the home fans' celebrations still in full swing, Ashley Young broke away to grab the winner 60 seconds later.

Villa had led after just 34 seconds through Steve Sidwell, only for Lescott's first to bring Everton level before the break.

Phil Jagielka's shocking backpass presented Young with his first goal after 54 minutes and his late, late second left the Merseysiders with just one home league win this season.

West Brom remain rooted to the bottom of the table after a 1-1 draw at home to Portsmouth in today's other Premier League game.

Peter Crouch cancelled out Jonathan Greening's opener to deny Albion their first win in nine games.

Yesterday, managerless Sunderland were denied a precious point against Manchester United at Old Trafford as Nemanja Vidic's stoppage-time winner gave the champions a 1-0 victory.

Liverpool maintained their one-point lead at the top of the table with a 3-1 triumph at struggling Blackburn.

Xabi Alonso's mis-hit effort put the Reds ahead midway through the second half and Yossi Benayoun doubled their lead 10 minutes later.

Roque Santa Cruz's 86th-minute header gave Rovers hope but Steven Gerrard made sure in stoppage time.

Chelsea are still breathing down Liverpool's necks after breaking the top-flight record for consecutive away wins with an 11th successive triumph on the road, 2-0 at Bolton.

Luiz Felipe Scolari's side were ahead after only nine minutes when former Bolton striker Nicolas Anelka headed in Jose Bosingwa's cross for his 99th Premier League goal and their second was a moment of sheer class from Deco.

Arsenal maintained their hold on a top-four spot as Emmanuel Adebayor's goal gave Arsene Wenger's side a 1-0 win against Wigan at the Emirates.

Stoke came back from 2-0 down to take a point against Newcastle at a shell-shocked St James' Park while Hull secured their first victory in seven game thanks to two late goals against Middlesbrough at the KC Stadium.

In yesterday's early kick-off, Jimmy Bullard scored his first league goal of the season to earn Fulham a point at home to Manchester City and extend their unbeaten run to five matches.

With England manager Fabio Capello watching from the stands, Bullard smashed home in the 27th minute to cancel out Benjani Mwaruwari's sixth-minute header.