Yaya Toure's deflected shot in injury time gave Manchester City a 2-1 victory over Swansea in the Premier league on Saturday after a frantic finish at the Etihad Stadium.
Bafetimbi Gomis thought he had earned a draw for Swansea when he equalized in the 90th minute with a powerful rising shot that beat Joe Hart at his near post from a difficult angle.
But City recovered as Toure created the winner in stoppage time with a shot that took a deflection off teammate Kelechi Iheanacho to put the host provisionally back atop the standings, ahead of leicester on goal difference. Iheanacho was credited with the goal after the ball hit his back and changed direction and looped into the net.
Swansea, playing its first game since manager Garry Monk was fired, is 15th on 14 points from 16 games.
Until the eventful ending, it had been a drab game played in pouring rain, with Wilfried Bony giving City the lead in the 26th minute with a header against his former team.
Swansea was the better team in the second half, though, with Hart preventing the visitors from equalizing sooner. Caretaker boss Alan Curtis and the rest of the bench leapt to their feet as Gomis finally broke through but the joy didn't last long as Toure's fortuitous strike went over lukasz Fabianksi. City, having named Kevin De Bruyne on the bench, were sluggish throughout even though they controlled the majority of possession.
It took City 14 minutes to muster an attempt on goal and Bony's tame shot was easily dealt with by Fabianski.
Jesus Navas went close midway through the half as he cut inside to shoot on his left foot. His strike was deflected wide but he picked out an unmarked Bony with his cross from the resulting corner and the Ivorian powered in a header.
In other matches, Yohan Cabaye scored a first-half winner for Crystal Palace in a 1-0 victory over Southampton on Saturday as the teams continued to head in opposite directions.
The France midfielder tapped home in the 38th minute after good work by lively winger Yannick Bolasie, sealing Palace's first win in 13 Premier league matches between the two teams.
West Ham failed to win for a sixth straight Premier league game in a 0-0 draw Saturday against midtable Stoke. The injury-hit Hammers dominated at Upton Park but missed the attacking abilities of Dimitri Payet, Diafra Sakho, Manuel lanzini and Victor Moses.