The 19-year-old Gray punished Palace's failure to deal with a corner from close range three minutes before half-time, after Randal Kolo Muani and then Richarlison were able to win aerial duels following Pedro Porro's delivery to the back post. Spurs were denied a more comfortable conclusion to the match when Wilson Odobert's attempt struck the post, while Richarlison twice had goals disallowed by the Video Assistant Referee for offside. The Brazilian mistimed his dart to meet Mohammed Kudus' cross in the closing stages, having already had a finish ruled out because of an offside against Lucas Bergvall in the build-up when Spurs threatened for the first time after 17 minutes. Palace offered the greater first-half threat as Jean-Philippe Mateta's strength and excellent hold-up play caused Tottenham issues, but the Frenchman sent a shot narrowly wide and headed over inside the six-yard box with his two best chances. Justin Devenny blazed over inside the Spurs box and Maxence Lacroix headed agonisingly wide as Palace probed for an equaliser - but they ultimately failed to land a second-half attempt on target as they fell to a third straight league defeat. Victory moved Tottenham up three places to 11th, one point behind Crystal Palace, who remain ninth.

The England striker's 47th-minute strike, which came at the end of a brilliant move where all 11 visiting players touched the ball, was the first time a Leeds player had managed the feat since John McCole netted in six successive top-flight games in the 1959-60 campaign. Calvert-Lewin's lovely finish cancelled out a curling 28th-minute effort from Simon Adingra to extend the Whites' unbeaten run to five games and move them seven points clear of third-bottom West Ham. Despite a lively start where Daniel Farke's men enjoyed plenty of possession and went close through Noah Okafor, it was the hosts who struck first. Leeds could only clear a long throw-in from Nordi Mukiele only as far as Granit Xhaka who played a defence-splitting pass from the edge of the box for Adingra to curl past goalkeeper Lucas Perri. Having been left out of the Ivory Coast squad for the Africa Cup of Nations, it was his first goal for the club since his summer arrival from Brighton, for whom he last scored in the Premier League at Aston Villa a year ago. Farke was visibly furious on the touchline as the ball hit the back of the net, with his centre-back Joe Rodon struggling to close down Adingra, and keeping him onside, only moments after getting caught on the ankle by a late challenge from the goalscorer. After Rodon was replaced, the visitors almost restored parity in the 39th minute when Brenden Aaronson beat Sunderland keeper Robin Roefs with a low shot, only for Trai Hume to clear off the line. But it was Sunderland who finished the half strongly with Brian Brobbey failing to capitalise on two gilt-edged chances - sending a weak finish past Perri that was cleared by Jaka Bijol after being sent through on goal, before his header brushed the crossbar from an Adingra cross. They were left to rue those misses when Calvert-Lewin levelled after a wonderful team, applying the finishing touch to a low cross from the impressive Aaronson.

After edging to victory in an intense first-ever Afcon meeting between the teams, the team who played their qualifiers outside Sudan because of the country's civil war are now firmly in contention to reach the second round. With Equatorial Guinea losing their opener in last-gasp fashion to Burkina Faso, the National Thunder require an upset against Algeria in their third group-stage match if they are to have a chance of matching their run to the last 16 at the 2023 finals. Coco turned a cross beyond goalkeeper Jesus Owono with 16 minutes remaining, ensuring Sudan's eight-game winless Afcon run - including defeat by Algeria four days ago - ended in a game characterised by wayward finishing. Sudan join Burkina Faso, who they play in their closing game of the initial phase in Casablanca on Wednesday (16:00 GMT), and Algeria on three points, with their fellow leaders meeting in Rabat later on Sunday (17:30). Equatorial Guinea face Les Fennecs in Rabat at the same time on Wednesday, when they must win to have a credible chance of going through as one of the best third-placed teams.