Honours even at the lane

The first managerial meeting between former colleagues Jose Mourinho and Andre Villas-Boas ended in stalemate on Saturday as Chelsea drew 1-1 at Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League. Spurs manager Villas-Boas saw his side take a first-half lead through Gylfi Sigurdsson, but in a frenetic and keenly contested second half, Chelsea equalised through John Terry before having Fernando Torres sent off.

Icelandic midfielder Sigurdsson gave Spurs a 19th-minute lead at White Hart Lane when he rode a challenge from the sprawling Terry to gather Roberto Soldado’s lay-off before steering the ball past Petr Cech. Mourinho’s half-time introduction of Juan Mata gave the visitors fresh impetus, however, and the Spain midfielder teed up the equaliser in the 65th minute with an inswinging free-kick that was headed home by Terry.

Torres played a key role in Chelsea’s second-half revival, but having earlier appeared to scratch Jan Vertonghen in an off-the-ball incident, he was sent off in the 81st minute after being shown a second yellow card for leading with his arm in a challenge on the same player. Sigurdsson and Jermain Defoe both went close to claiming a late winner for Spurs, but Villas-Boas was denied a victory over his former mentor at Porto, Chelsea and Inter Milan.

Manchester United was at their sloppy best losing 1-2 to West Bromwich Albion at Old Trafford. Amalfitano and Berahino scored for the visitors in the second half. For United Wayne Rooney scored beautiful goal from a free-kick.

Manchester City lost to Aston Villa 2-3 at Villa Park. Villa came back twice from behind Karim El Ahmadi brought Villa on to equal terms after a Yaya Toure goal. From there on City was too complacent.