New Delhi: Liverpool won a thrilling battle in English Premier League on Sunday coming from behind to beat Manchester City 3-2.
Manchester City took the lead and by half time Liverpool were in deep trouble as they were 0-2 down.
Stephan Ireland opening the scored for City in the 19th minute and another goal in the 41st minute by Javier Garrido put the pressure on the Reds.
However, Liverpool responded in style in the second half with Fernando Torres leading the fightback.
Torres first guided the ball into the net to pull back the deficit and then later with a neat header.
And Dirk Kuyt scored the winning goal after a Torres shot rebounded.
Chelsea's 2-0 demolition of the highly rated Aston Villa saw some very attacking football.
Joe Cole scored the opener for the Blues in the 21st minute by nicking in a Frank Lampard pass.
Nicolas Anelka doubled the lead just before half time, when he followed up a Michael Ballack miss into the back of the net.
Chelsea remain on top of the league standings ahead of Liverpool on goal difference.
In the La Liga, two-time defending Champions Real Madrid managed a 2-2 draw against Espayol on Sunday.
Espanyol were the first to get on the board when Raul Tamudo was brought down by Gabriel Heinze in the 21st minute.
The captain took the spot kick himself and converted with ease. But four minutes later, Real Madrid's Raul Gonzalez equalised for the home side with a header.
Luis Garcia then made it 2-1 for the visitors when he slid the ball in at the far post off a Roman Martinez cross.
Again Raul came to the rescue when he worked with Rafael van der Vaart to score the equaliser for the home team.
In another match, Barcelona demolished Athletico Madrid.
Rafael Marquez started the rout for the home side in the third minute and then Samuel Eto'o converted a spot kick when Lionel Messi was brought down in the penalty area by Tomas Ujfalusi.
Madrid pulled one back with Maxi Rodriguez scoring with a curling shot.
Substitute Thierry Henry then started move and finished it with a goal that made it 6-1 for Barcelona.
Meanwhile, Valencia went to the top of La Liga after a second-half goal Manuel Fernandes goal gave them a 1-0 win at Real Valladolid.
Valencia and Villarreal are on 16 points from six games but they have the better goal difference.
Also Sevilla routed Athletic Bilbao 4-0 with Mali striker Frederic Kanoute opening the scoring in the 26th minute. Renato then doubled the lead in the 40th minute.
Adriano Correia and Ernesto Chevanton scored in the second half to take their team on 14 points.
Sporting Gijon broke a five-game losing streak with a 2-0 win at Real Mallorca which lifted them from the bottom of the table at the expense of Real Betis, who lost 2-1 at Villarreal on Saturday. Almeria scored twice in the final minutes to carve out a 2-2 draw at Getafe.
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Nine-man AS Roma suffered their third defeat of the still-young Serie A season on Sunday when they went down 1-0 at Siena while Juventus also remain off the pace following a 2-1 home defeat by Palermo.
Roma, runners-up last season, went behind to Mario Frick's goal in first-half stoppage time and lost defenders Philippe Mexes and Christian Panucci to red cards in the second period.
Roma were humiliated 3-0 at Siena last season and this time were thwarted by their former goalkeeper Gianluca Curci.
Levan Mchedlidze grabbed the 81st-minute winner for Palermo at Juve, who had Mohamed Sissoko dismissed in the first half and have not won for four games in all competitions having drawn their previous three matches.
Former Juve striker Fabrizio Miccoli put the Sicilians ahead on 24 minutes and although Alessandro Del Piero netted with a soft free kick, Juve were back on the defensive when Sissoko was dismissed for a second yellow following a studs-up tackle.
The defence then fell apart for Georgian forward Mchedlidze to slot home and send Palermo up to 12 points and keep injury-hit Juve on nine.
Largely anonymous
"Certainly a home defeat hurts. After three draws we wanted to win but the lads did everything possible," Juve coach Claudio Ranieri told Sky TV.
"It is a difficult period, it is pointless denying it. I don't want to make excuses but to play with 10 is tricky."
AC Milan's run of three league wins in a row came to an end in the late game at bottom side Cagliari, who hung on for a 0-0 draw and their first point of the season.
Massimo Ambrosini twice went close for the visitors but Ronaldinho, who scored in last weekend's 1-0 win over Inter Milan, was largely anonymous and was substituted.
Udinese are joint leaders with 13 points from six games after Fabio Quagliarella scored twice in a 2-0 win over Torino.
Champions Inter won 2-1 at home to Bologna on Saturday to move level at the top with Lazio, who drew 1-1 at Lecce.
Napoli missed the chance to go first on 14 points after losing 3-2 at Genoa in an enthralling encounter which was only bettered by Atalanta's thrilling 4-2 victory over Sampdoria with playmaker Cristiano Doni in exceptional form.
Italy striker Alberto Gilardino netted his fourth of the league campaign to help improving Fiorentina win 2-0 at Chievo.
(With inputs from Reuters)
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