Leicester City's Ritchie De Laet scores their first goal.Darren Staples/Reuters
Leicester staged a late comeback to maintain its unbeaten start to the Premier League season with a 3-2 win over Aston Villa on Sunday, while Tottenham earned its first victory of the campaign.
Leicester trailed 2-0 with 18 minutes remaining before Richie De Laet began Leicester's comeback in the 72nd minute. Jamie Vardy dragged Leicester level with a close-range finish and Nathan Dyer won it in the 89th, heading in while being flattened by goalkeeper Brad Guzan.
Goals from Jack Grealish and Carles Gil had put Villa in command, but Leicester's win puts it second in the table behind Manchester City after five rounds.
"Fantastic, fantastic, spirit and good character," Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri said. "At 2-0 I watched my players and they believed everything was possible. You can lose, but you have to believe that anything is possible."
Dyer collided with the onrushing Guzan just as he got his head on the ball. He remained on the field for a couple of minutes after his goal but eventually got to his feet.
"Until I got up and the ref said 'You've scored' I didn't know," Dyer said. "I was watching the ball all the way, but it was a nice feeling to score. I was just dazed."
Earlier, Ryan Mason's late goal gave Tottenham a 1-0 win over last-place Sunderland.
Mason scored in the 82nd minute in northeast England, taking Erik Lamela's through-ball before clipping over goalkeeper Costel Pantilimon.
Harry Kane found Sunderland's defence a tougher proposition than San Marino's or Switzerland's as the Hotspurs striker's wait for a first Premier League goal continued.
A revelation last season when he scored 21 league goals for Spurs, Kane has so far struggled in front of goal and laboured with little service in the 1-0 win at Sunderland, Tottenham's first victory of the season.
He did score as a substitute in both of England's Euro 2016 qualifiers during the international break, however, and manager Mauricio Pochettino believes the young striker will flourish once he gets off the mark.
"I am very happy with him. He gives his best for the team, the effort was great and you know he only needs time to score again," the Argentine told a news conference.
"I'm sure, because he has great skill in front of goal, that it's only a matter of time.
"He's very confident, very happy. After the game, he was very happy in the changing room because our mentality now as a team, as a squad, is first the result, the collective situation, before our individual problems or targets."
Kane did have a hand in the late winner, scored by Mason, but was guilty of one glaring miss when he failed to connect with a low cross with the goal gaping.
Tottenham have only scored four goals in five games and with Roberto Soldado sold and Emmanuel Adebayor finally released by the club on Sunday, out-and-out striking options are limited.
Sunderland is last on goal difference after just two points from five games, while Tottenham climbed to 12th on six points. Man City leads on 15, with Leicester second on 11.