Leicester City twice came from a goal down in a frenetic first half to eventually claim a valuable 4-2 victory at Aston Villa in a Premier League thriller on Saturday.

It looked like another bleak day for out-of-form Leicester when Ollie Watkins gave Villa an early lead from close range.

James Maddison levelled soon afterwards but Leicester's new signing Harry Souttar then scored into his own goal.

But Leicester stunned their hosts with Kelechi Iheanacho heading past Emiliano Martinez in the 41st minute and then Tete marking his debut with a goal in first-half stoppage time after Villa carelessly conceded possession again.

Leicester wrapped up their first league win since November in the 79th minute when Dennis Praet latched on to a Harvey Barnes through ball.

Victory lifted Leicester to 21 points, three points above the bottom three, while Villa remain in 11th place with 28.

"We thoroughly deserved to win the game, were dangerous going forwards and it was an outstanding result," Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers said.

"Our four goals were fantastic, we were very creative and we could have had five or six."

When Leicester beat West Ham United just before the World Cup it appeared their early-season problems were behind them. But they have slumped since the restart of the Premier League with one point from a possible 15.

Pressure was mounting on Rodgers, but his team responded impressively on Saturday - although it was a mixed day for their two debutants.

Villa went ahead in the ninth minute when Emiliano Buendia's dipping shot struck the underside of the crossbar and Watkins was alert to volley in the rebound.

But three minutes later the hosts self-destructed when Boubacar Kamara lost possession and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall played the ball to Maddison to finish on his first start since that win over West Ham -- a game in which he injured his knee.

Villa got their noses back in front when Watkins crossed low across the face of goal and Leicester's Souttar, signed from Stoke City on Tuesday, inadvertently put into his own goal.

Leicester hit back when Harvey Barnes played a dangerous ball into the area for Iheanacho to head home.

Kamara was at fault again in first-half stoppage time as he was robbed deep in his own half and Iheanacho played in Tete to go around Martinez to score.

Philippe Coutinho had a goal disallowed for offside as Villa pressed for an equaliser, but Leicester gave themselves a safety cushion when Praet was released by Barnes to score.

*Elsewhere on the evening, New manager Sean Dyche enjoyed a dream start as a much-improved Everton side stunned Premier League leaders Arsenal at a raucous Goodison Park.

Dyche was appointed last Monday following the departure of Frank Lampard, who was sacked with the team in the relegation zone.

And the hosts picked up their first victory in 11 games in all competitions courtesy of a link-up between two men who played for Dyche at Burnley.

Centre-half James Tarkowski rose at the far post to power home a header from Dwight McNeil's corner to spark the sort of joyous scenes that have been witnessed rarely at Goodison this term.

Everton had enjoyed much the better chances in the opening period too, but striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin could not convert from the excellent Amadou Onana's low cross and also flicked a header wide.

Arsenal were outfought for large periods and failed to find any rhythm, although January signing Leandro Trossard forced Jordan Pickford into a sharp save late on.

The Gunners were unable to find the leveller and will see their lead at the top cut to two points if champions Manchester City beat Tottenham on Sunday.

Meanwhile, Liverpool's torrid season continued as they slumped to defeat at Wolverhampton Wanderers, who boosted their Premier League survival hopes with a big victory.

The Reds were aiming to avoid losing a third successive Premier League away match for the first time since 2012, but fell behind after just five minutes when Hwang Hee-chan's cross deflected off Joel Matip into the Liverpool net.

It got worse for Jurgen Klopp's side just seven minutes later as poor defending allowed Craig Dawson to mark his debut with a goal, driving in from close range.

Liverpool managed just one shot on target in a dreadful first-half display, but came out with more fight after the break.

Andy Robertson had a goalbound shot blocked and Mohamed Salah clipped a decent effort just wide of the post, before Darwin Nunez drove straight at Jose Sa as Wolves dropped further back.

But the hosts soaked up the pressure before hitting their opponents on the counter-attack, Ruben Neves finishing after great work by Adama Traore.

Victory moves Wolves out of the relegation zone up to 15th, while Liverpool remain 10th. (With reports by Reuters and BBC)

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