Thierry Henry celebrates scoring their first goal in front of the Spurs fans (BenRadford/GettyImages)

The Gunners took the lead after only 13 minutes, and it was a fantastic goal from Thierry Henry - made to look outstanding by Tottenham's appalling defending.

Spurs had a throw-in level with Arsenal's 18-yard box, which was intercepted by Patrick Vieira.

Henry picked up the loose ball and ran from deep inside his own half past Matthew Etherington, Ledley King and Stephen Carr, before coolly curling the ball inside Kasey Keller's right hand post from eight yards.

Tottenham's task was made harder not long afterwards when Simon Davies was given his marching orders after picking up his second yellow card.

Arsenal doubled their advantage ten minutes after the interval when Freddie Ljungberg fired home Henry's square pass, and they grabbed a killer third goal 20 minutes from time.

It was a supreme passing move down the right channel as the ball was worked between Robert Pires, Henry, Pires and then Sylvain Wiltord, who finally stroked home the ball from six yards, with Spurs bamboozled.

The comprehensive victory sees Arsenal move back to the top of the Premiership table, a point ahead of Liverpool. The defeat sees Spurs drop to ninth.

Liverpool suffered a hangover from their Champions League exit by failing to score for the second successive league game.

A heroic defensive display from Sunderland, who didn't manage a single shot all match, held the Reds to a 0-0 draw at Anfield. The result means Gerard Houllier's men trail the Gunners at the top of the table after a superb show by Black Cats goalkeeper Jurgen Macho.

The Austrian shot-stopper was bombarded with 24 efforts at goal. But he duly kept out those he needed to of the 10 which were on target, having gone into this Premiership fixture knowing Mart Poom has been drafted in from Derby.

Danny Murphy came closest to finding the back of the net - his deflected shot cannoning back off the crossbar.

The point means Sunderland drop down to 17th spot, just outside the relegation zone.

Chelsea's good run continued with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Middlesbrough at Stamford Bridge, leaving them in third place.

The winner came right after the break. Gianfranco Zola, in space as the Boro midfield went to sleep, dinked a delightful angled pass to the charging Celestine Babayaro. The Nigerian left-back cut in behind Stuart Parnaby and thundered his shot into the roof of Schwarzer's net from 10 yards. It was Babayaro's first league goal since the 1998-99 season.

Boro drop down to seventh in the table.

	Kevin Campbell celebrates his winning goal with Gary Naysmith and Li Tie (AlexLivesey/GettyImages)

Everton's rejuvenation under David Moyes continues as they recorded another victory on Sunday, this time earning a 1-0 win at Blackburn Rovers.

Kevin Campbell's first-half goal and some demon-like defending ensured their fifth league victory in a row - and their fourth consecutive 1-0 win - as the Merseysiders looked good value for their fourth spot in the Premiership.

Nineteen minutes into the contest the breakthrough finally came as Everton were the beneficiaries of some dreadfully slack marking by the home side.

Carsley's cross should have been dealt with but Campbell found himself alone with the ball between the centre-backs Nils-Eric Johansson and Craig Short and the Everton captain made no mistake, firing low into the corner.

Rovers drop down to eighth place in the table.

West Ham picked up only their third point of the season at Upton Park in a 1-1 draw with Manchester United.

The Hammers only half-cleared a corner and Quinton Fortune retrieved to begin an attack down the left where Ole Gunnar Solskjaer slid the ball across for Ruud van Nistelrooy, who delicately lifted the ball over the sprawling James from the edge of the six-yard box.

But West Ham grabbed a point four minutes from time. Michael Carrick found himself in an advanced position and linked with Paolo di Canio before threading the ball through for Jermain Defoe - who was adjudged onside and poked in from six yards.

The Red Devils remain fifth, already nine points adrift of Arsenal. West Ham move off the bottom of the table, replaced by West Bromwich Albion.

Newcastle United could have been forgiven for looking on the tired side after their heroic Champions League exploits in midweek, and it appeared that was the case when they fell behind to a James Beattie strike after only 66 seconds at St James' Park.

Brett Ormerod caused problems for the home defence as he collected a long pass and cut inside Andy O'Brien, who managed to dispossess him, but Beattie ran on to the loose ball and volleyed an unstoppable shot past Shay Given and in off the post. The Southampton striker has now netted six goals in his last six games.

The Magpies were level four minutes before the break. Andy Griffin picked out Kieron Dyer with a superb pass, and the England international mesmerised Wayne Bridge to hand Shola Ameobi the simplest of chances to score his third goal of the season from point-blank range.

Sir Bobby Robson's side capped off a superb week nine minutes after the restart when Aaron Hughes sealed a 2-1 victory for the home side. Gary Speed and Hugo Viana combined well before the Portuguese international slid the ball through Ameobi to full-back Hughes, who poked a shot past Antti Niemi.

Newcastle's march up the table continues, with this win moving taking them to sixth in the table. Southampton, meanwhile, remain 11th.

Leeds' returned to their bad old ways after winning their previous two games as struggling Bolton Wanderers battled to a 4-2 victory at Elland Road.

It took just 121 seconds for Bolton to take the lead when referee Alan Wiley played a fine advantage after Jacob Burns' clattering challenge on Nolan inside the Bolton half. Bolton drove forward, with Youri Djorkaeff playing in Henrik Pedersen to score. But Leeds hit back through Alan Smith within a minute.

There was then a late flurry of goals in the final ten minutes of the game. First Djorkaeff restored the advantage but Harry Kewell levelled matters four minutes later.

Bolton then scored twice at the death to wrap up the points. First Michael Ricketts despatched a penalty that he had won himself, and then Pedersen grabbed his second of the match in injury time.

The Trotters move up to 18th place, while Leeds' miserable home form leaves them in 10th spot.

Manchester City's upturn in fortunes came to an abrupt halt against struggling Charlton Athletic at Maine Road, the Addicks bagging the only goal of the game 11 minutes from the final whistle.

Jonatan Johnasson's cross should have been tapped home by Jason Euell, but when the striker missed his kick, Shaun Bartlett was on hand at the far post to tap home his second of the season.

Charlton move up to 16th in the table, while City stay in 12th place.

Fulham escaped from Birmingham City with a goalless draw - despite having two men sent off.

First Rufus Brevett was dismissed for a handball on the line - only for Edwin van der Sar to save Stern John's spot-kick. Steve Marlet was then given his marching orders late in the game for a petulant, retaliatory kick at Robbie Savage.

The point leaves Fulham in 13th and the Blues 15th.

The final game on Saturday saw Midlands rivals West Bromwich Albion and Aston Villa clash at the Hawthorns. The game finished goalless, but Villa should have taken full points.

In the 73rd minute, Villa were handed a golden chance to take the lead when Gareth Barry was brought down in the penalty area by Darren Moore. Referee Dermot Gallagher pointed to the spot but Dion Dublin's effort from 12-yards was saved by Russell Hoult.