John Terry scored his first goal for Aston Villa in Saturday's 2-1 home win over Fulham on Saturday.
Stefan Johansen cancelled out Terry's header before half-time, but the Cottagers fell to their first league defeat in five as Albert Adomah struck early in the second half to win it.
At the bottom, there was more woe for Sunderland who blew a two-goal lead to draw 3-3 at Brentford and extend their winless run to 11 games.
The visitors responded well to Nico Yannaris' early opener for the hosts, with Lewis Grabban equalising and a Daniel Bentley own goal putting Simon Grayson's men in control.
When Grabban hit his second from the penalty spot on the stroke of half-time it looked like the Black Cats' fortunes were finally turning - but late goals from Florian Jozefzoon and Neal Maupay earned the Bees a point.
Bottom club Bolton were denied a second straight win as Idrissa Sylla's 78th minute strike salvaged a 1-1 draw for Queen's Park Rangers at the Macron Stadium.
The hosts, fresh from last week's morale-boosting win over Sheffield Wednesday, had led through Darren Pratley's 22nd minute header
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