Everton sunk to the bottom of the table after drawing away to Fulham, while Merseyside rivals Liverpool drew at home with Sunderland.
Birmingham City were another team to be frustrated at home as they were held by Wigan Athletic as Blackburn Rovers grabbed a late win at Blackpool.
Chelsea's 100 per cent start to the season was brought to a halt at Eastlands as Man City followed up last season's double over the champions with a 1-0 win.
In a game of few chances, Chelsea came closest to taking the lead in the first half when Branislav Ivanovic headed against the crossbar and then saw the rebound saved by Joe Hart.
The decisive moment came on 59 minutes when Tevez picked up the ball in the centre circle before running at the retreating Ashley Cole and firing a low shot across Petr Cech and in off the post.
West Brom hung on at Emirates Stadium to cause one of the Premier League's biggest upsets after a thrilling 3-2 victory over title-chasing Arsenal.
The away team blew a golden chance to take the lead on 37 minutes when Peter Odemwingie was felled in the box by Manuel Almunia, but the Arsenal keeper redeemed himself by saving Chris Brunt's weak penalty.
The Baggies did not let their heads drop, though, and took a shock lead five minutes into the second half when Jerome Thomas did superbly in cutting into the box before playing a low ball across the face of goal which Odemwingie turned home with his outstretched leg.
Things got even better for West Brom two minutes later when Brunt's clever back-heel played in Gonzalo Jara and his low shot was helped into the net by Almunia.
The visitors were in dreamland on 73 minutes when they capitalised on further poor goalkeeping by Almunia as former Arsenal youngster Thomas side-footed home Brunt's low pass.
Arsenal grasped a lifeline two minutes later when Samir Nasri collected the ball in the box and showed good skill to create space for a low shot past Scott Carson.
Nasri then received Andrey Arshavin's pass to score the Gunners' second in the last minute, but West Brom held on for a famous win.
West Ham moved off the bottom of the table after Frederic Piquionne scored the only goal on former manager Harry Redknapp's return to Upton Park with Tottenham Hotspur.
The Hammers scored the winner on 29 minutes when Piquionne rose well to head Mark Noble's corner beyond Carlo Cudicini.
Liverpool are still waiting to kick-start their season after being forced to come from behind to draw 2-2 at home with Sunderland.
Fernando Torres was denied a second-minute goal by the linesman's flag, but the Spanish striker was involved in Liverpool's disputed opener on five minutes.
Michael Turner touched a free-kick back towards his goalkeeper Simon Mignolet, which was seized on by Torres to set up Dirk Kuyt for a simple finish, but Sunderland were adamant the ball had been rolled back for their keeper to take the dead ball.
The Black Cats drew level on 25 minutes when Darren Bent drove his penalty through Pepe Reina after Christian Poulsen handled Ahmed Elmohamady's cross.
And Sunderland were in front three minutes into the second half when Nedum Onuoha's cross was headed home at the far post by Bent.
Liverpool took time to respond after falling behind, but levelled on 64 minutes when Torres proved to be the provider again as his cross was headed home by Steven Gerrard.
Blackburn snatched a dramatic 2-1 success at promoted Blackpool as Brett Emerton scored an injury-time winner at Bloomfield Road.
Sam Allardyce's side were gifted the lead on 20 minutes when Blackpool captain Charlie Adam's attempt to head El Hadji Diouf's cross back to Matthew Gilks bounced past the home goalkeeper.
With Blackpool pressing for an equaliser, Matt Phillips came off the bench for his debut five minutes from time and he equalised with almost his first touch after running into the box and driving a low shot inside the far post.
But the Seasiders were unable to hold on as Emerton earned Rovers the points with a left-footed shot after Benjani's initial effort had been blocked.
Everton are still waiting for a first victory of the season after a battling 0-0 draw away to Fulham in a disappointing game at Craven Cottage.
Craig Gardner's red card late on for a robust challenge on Franco Di Santo was the main talking point as Birmingham drew 0--0 at home with Wigan.
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