Chelsea boss Antonio Conte declared his side's title defence was over after Saturday's defeat at West Ham, but his players
responded and goals from Tiemoue Bakayoko, Willian and Pedro secured them victory at a canter.
Town substitute Laurent Depoitre headed home a fine goal deep in stoppage time but it was a mere consolation for David Wagner's side.
Burnley 1-0 Stoke Burnley climbed into the Champions League places as Ashley Barnes' late winner earned them a 1-0 victory over troubled Stoke.
This was not one of the Clarets' better displays in filthy conditions and the visitors enjoyed the better of the chances prior to Barnes' 89th-minute strike.
It is more than 40 years since Burnley have occupied such a lofty position and their joy was in direct contrast to the emotions of
Mark Hughes and his Stoke players. Three days after being confronted by angry fans at the railway station following the 5-1
mauling by Tottenham, Hughes was jeered by the vocal band of away supporters.
There were loud boos and chants of 'you don't know what you're doing' when Hughes replaced Xherdan Shaqiri with Eric
Choupo-Moting five minutes before Burnley's goal.
The defeat continued Stoke's worst start to a Premier League season, and they could drop closer to the relegation zone on Wednesday.
Crystal Palace 2-1 Watford Crystal Palace climbed out of the Premier
League's bottom three after completing their recovery from a goal down in stoppage time to earn a vital 2-1 victory over
Watford's 10 men.
At kick-off they remained 20th and desperate for all three points, but in a disastrous start their lack of concentration was punished by the visitors when Daryl
Janmaat headed them into the lead in the third minute.
Their improved intensity went without reward to the extent that when Tom Cleverley was sent off in the 87th minute they would have settled for a point.
Bakary Sako instead scored their equalising goal in the 89th minute, and fellow substitute James McArthur secured an
unlikely victory with his stoppage-time finish.