elastico superfly Red Leicester proved their Barclays Premier League title credentials as Riyad Mahrez's stunning strike earned a 1-0 victory at Watford.
Mercurial Superfly CR7 BHM Saturday's north London derby draw opened the door for Claudio Ranieri's side to take a potentially crucial step towards the title, and they took full advantage as Mahrez's 56th-minute strike saw off Watford.
The result sees Leicester move five points clear at the top of the Premier League, while Watford remain 12th after a 12th league defeat of the season.
Superfly Mercurial FG Earlier, 10-man Arsenal came from behind to draw 2-2 at Tottenham as the two north London clubs handed the title impetus to Leicester.
Aaron Ramsey opened the scoring for the visitors with a flick but, after Francis Coquelin saw red for the Gunners, Toby Alderweireld and Harry Kane turned the game around inside two minutes.
Arsenal, who lost from a winning position against Swansea on Wednesday, kept plugging away and levelled through Alexis Sanchez's first league goal since October.
At the other end of the table, Bournemouth increased the pressure on Newcastle manager Steve McClaren with a 3-1 win at St James's Park.
The Cherries, who have moved clear of the relegation zone, took the lead on 28 minutes when Josh King's cross was deflected into his own net by Newcastle defender Steven Taylor.
King made it 2-0 on 70 minutes, as boos rang out from the home support.
MercurialX superfly Ayoze Perez's goal with 10 minutes left gave Newcastle hope before Charlie Daniels made sure of victory with a third in stoppage time to leave the home side deep in relegation trouble.
West Ham came from 2-0 down to win 3-2 at Everton, who had midfielder Kevin Mirallas sent off in the first half.
Mercurial Superfly Black US Romelu Lukaku scored on 13 minutes, but Everton were soon reduced to 10 men when Mirallas was sent off on 34 minutes for a second caution.
Aaron Lennon scored a fine individual goal on 56 minutes to seemingly put the hosts in control, before Lukaku had a 71st-minute penalty saved.
Michail Antonio reduced the deficit on 78 minutes left and just three minutes later substitute Diafra Sakho headed in an equaliser, before Dimitri Payet won it with a last-minute goal.
Manchester City closed to within two points of the third-placed Gunners when they beat bottom club Aston Villa
