Liverpool rallied from two goals down to beat Manchester City 3-2 Sunday and stay neck-and-neck with Chelsea at the top of the Premier League, and promoted Hull climbed into third place after a 1-0 victory at last-place Tottenham. League leader Chelsea outplayed Aston Villa 2-0 at Stamford Bridge with goals by Joe Cole and Nicolas Anelka, but Liverpool's comeback at City of Manchester Stadium put it even at the top with 17 points. Fernando Torres scored two goals and Dirk Kuyt added the winner in injury time. Playing first division football for the first time in its 104-year history, Hull followed up its shock 2-1 win at Arsenal last week by beating Tottenham. The loss leaves Tottenham last with only two points from seven games and puts even more pressure on manager Juande Ramos. Portsmouth beat next-to-last Stoke 2-1, Bolton won 3-1 at West Ham and Newcastle came from two goals down to draw 2-2 at Everton. After Stephen Ireland put Man City ahead in the 19th minute, Javier Garrido made it 2-0 in the 41st with a free kick. Torres turned home Alvaro Arbeloa's cross in the 55th minute and, after City defender Pablo Zabaleta had been sent off in the 67th for a two-footed foul, the Spain striker made it 2-2 with a glancing header in the 73rd from Steven Gerrard's inswinging corner. A serious knee injury to Martin Skrtel led to six minutes of injury time, and Kuyt scored his first league goal in 26 matches for the Reds. Cole gave Chelsea a 21st-minute lead from Frank Lampard's cross and Anelka scored with a tap-in a minute before halftime after Villa goalkeeper Brad Friedel saved a shot from Michael Ballack. Peter Crouch put Portsmouth ahead in the 25th minute with an overhead shot and, after Ricardo Fuller leveled in the 48th, Jermaine Defoe scored the winner in the 51st with his fifth Premier League goal of the season. Mikel Arteta gave Everton the lead with a 17th-minute penalty after Nicky Butt brought down Leighton Baines, and the Toffees went further ahead in the 35th when Marouane Fellaini volleyed home Baines' left-wing cross. Stephen Taylor headed home a right-wing cross by Geremi just before halftime and Damien Duff turned home Taylor's cross to make it 2-2 in the 47th. Newcastle had lost five of its previous seven league and cup games and short-term coach Joe Kinnear captured a point from his first game in charge. Capello leaves Owen out Michael Owen was omitted from coach Fabio Capello's England squad Sunday, while fellow striker Peter Crouch was recalled for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Kazakhstan and Belarus. Capello overlooked Owen despite his five goals this season after expressing reservations about the Newcastle striker's confidence amid the club's woes. Another victim of his club's woes is last-place Tottenham's David Bentley, who has been seen as David Beckham's natural successor on the right wing. Capello, however, chose to stick with the 33-year-old Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder. Midfielder Joe Cole was left out after limping out of Chelsea's 2-0 win over Aston Villa on Sunday, but Liverpool's Steven Gerrard returns after missing the victories over Andorra and Croatia due to injury. West Bromwich Albion goalkeeper Scott Carson replaced the injured Paul Robinson. England hosts Kazakhstan on Saturday and is at Belarus four days later. Squad: Goalkeepers: David James, Robert Green, Scott Carson. Defenders: Joleon Lescott, Wayne Bridge, Ashley Cole, John Terry, Wes Brown, Rio Ferdinand, Glen Johnson, Matthew Upson. Midfielders: Gareth Barry, Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard, David Beckham, Stewart Downing, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Jermaine Jenas. Strikers: Theo Walcott, Wayne Rooney, Jermain Defoe, Emile Heskey, Peter Crouch.
