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RESULT
Stoke City 2-0 Manchester United
Bournemouth 0-0 Crystal Palace
Aston Villa 1-1 West Ham
Chelsea 2-2 Watford
Liverpool 1-0 Leicester City
Manchester City 4-1 Sunderland
Tottenham 3-0 Norwich City
Swansea 1-0 West Brom
Newcastle 1-0 Everton
Southampton 4-0 Arsenal
In a season of twist and turns, Arsenal have been roundly beaten tonight. The table offers no assurance that there is a clear favourite. Here is the table at the end of the day.
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GOAL SOUTHAMPTON
Southampton 4-0 Arsenal
Shane Long makes it four nil . Emphatic win for the Saints. Arsenal demolished.
GOAL SOUTHAMPTON
Southampton 3-0 Arsenal
Three nil toSouthampton. Fonte heads home Betrand's corner.
GOAL SOUTHAMPTON
Southampton 2-0 Arsenal
Controversy as Long clips Koscielny before finishing Mane's pass. The Gunners won't be going top
GOAL DISALLOWED
Southampton 1-0 Arsenal
Van Dijk think he has put the Saint two goals up but it is disallowed for an offside. The defender collides with Cech who stays down. He is down. He is okay to continue.
HALF TIME
Southampton 1-0 Arsenal
GOAL Southampton
Southampton 1-0 Arsenal
Martina hits a rocket from distance. Cech has no chance.
GOAL
Newcastle 1-0 Everton
Drama at Newcastle. Elliot punches a corner and is off his line. Cleverley reacts quickly and head it over and past the goalkeeper with the last touch of the game.
TEAM NEWS: SOUTHAMPTON VS ARSENAL
Southampton: Stekelenburg; Fonte, Van Dijk, Betreand, Martina; Clasie, S. Davis, Wanyama, Ward-Prowse; Long, Mane
Arsenal: Cech; Bellerin, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Monreal; Flamini, Ramsay; Walcott, Ozil, Campbell; Giroud
Still no sign of breakthrough at Newcastle. Lukaku has come closest.
Still 0-0 at St James Park
League table as it stands now (Courtesy Premierleague.com )
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Full time in all the games. The leaders lose their second game of the season while Chelsea draws at Watford with Deeney and Ighalo cancelling out Costa's goals.
TEAM NEWS
NEWCASTLE UNITED VS EVERTON
Newcastle United: Elliot; Dummett, Coloccini, Mbemba, Janmaat, Sissoko, Anita, Colback, Wijnaldum; Perez, Mitrovic
Everton: Howard; Baines, Funes Mori, Stones, Coleman; Barry, Cleverley, Mirallas, Barkley, Lennon; Lukaku
GOAL
Tottenham 3-0 Norwich City
Substitute Tom Carroll unleashes a left-foot strike from outside the box after a pass from Davies
PENALTY MISS
Chelsea 2-2 Watford
Hazard who has just been brought on is cleaned off the ground by Behrami. Oscar steps up and blazes it over.
PENALTY MISS
Manchester City 4-1 Sunderland
Bony blazes his penalty after Coates tripped Silva
GOAL LIVERPOOL
Liverpool 1-0 Leicester City
Benteke stretches to convert Firmino's cross and the league leaders are behind
GOAL ASTON VILLA
Aston Villa 1-1 West Ham
Jordan Ayew steps up and doesn't miss the penalty after Gestede is brought down in the area.
GOAL CHELSEA
Chelsea 2-2 Watford
Willian slides a perfect pass to Costa, who takes one touch and slots past Gomes
GOAL SUNDERLAND
Manchester City 4-1 Sunderland
Certainly no more than a consolation for the Black Cats. Cattermole drills the ball in and Borini scores at the second attempt after Hart saved the first
GOAL WATFORD
Chelsea 1-2 Watford
Kike Sanchez Flores' side have gone in front. Ighalo's shot takes a big deflection and gets past Courtois as the visitors take the lead
GOAL MANCHESTER CITY
Manchester City 4-0 Sunderland
Kevin De Bruyne has been on fire. He gets a goal today coolly slotting home past the Sunderland keeper.
GOAL WEST HAM UNITED
Aston Villa 0-1 West Ham
A Cresswell rocket from outside the box leaves Guzan with absolutely no chance.
GOAL TOTTENHAM
Tottenham 2-0 Norwich City
Harry Kane adds a second at White Hart Lane
GOAL WATFORD
Chelsea 1-1 Watford
Troy Deeney converts the penalty after a handball by Matic from a Watson corner. The handball is inexplicable
GOAL CHELSEA
Chelsea 1-0 Watford
Very smart finish from Diego Costa. Willian takes the cross and Terry knocks it down. Diego Costa applies a fantastic volley with his left foot just inside the six yard box.
GOAL TOTTENHAM
Tottenham 1-0 Norwich City
Kane steps up to score the penalry after he was brought down by Ruud.
GOAL MANCHESTER CITY!
City are running riot. Bony heads home De Bruyne free kick. It's 3-0 against Sunderland.
GOAL MANCHESTER CITY!
Yaya Toure slams home a low shot into the bottom corner from Silva's cross.
GOAL MANCHESTER CITY
Sterling heads home a cross from Kevin De Bruyne to give City the lead.
GOAL. SWANSEA
Relief at Swansea as Sung-Yueng Ki breaks the deadlock in the 9th minute smashing in from close range after Myhill's save comes off the frame of the post
TEAM NEWS: ASTON VILLA VS WEST HAM
Aston Villa: Guzan; Hutton, Okore, Lescott, Bacuna; Gana, Westwood, Veretout, Sanchez, Ayew; Gestede
West Ham: Adrian; Tomkins, Collins, Ogbonna, Cresswell; Obiang, Noble, Kouyate; Zarate, Antonio, Valencia
TEAM NEWS: CHELSEA VS WATFORD
Chelsea: Courtois; Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta; Fabregas, Matic, Willian, Oscar, Pedro, Costa
Watford: Gomes; Nyom, Britos, Cathcart, Holebas; Capoue, Watson,; Abdi, Deeney, Jurado; Ighalo
RESULT: STOKE CITY 2-0 MAN UNITED
Manchester United have now lost four consecutive league games in row. Bojan and Arnautovic for the host.
Manchester City vs Sunderland
Man City: Hart; Kolarov, Otamendi, Mangala, Sagna; Toure, Fernandinho, Sterling, Silva, De Bruyne; Bony
Sunderland: Mannone, Jones, O'Shea, Coates, PVA, M'Villa, Gomz, Johnson; Borini, Graham, Fletcher
TEAM NEWS: LIVERPOOL VS LEICESTER CITY
Liverpool: Mignolet; Clyne, Lovren, Sakho, Moreno; Can, Henderson, Coutinho, Lallana; Firmino, Origi.
Leicester City: Schmeichel, Simpson, Huth, Fuchs, Morgan; Kante, King, Mahrez, Albrighton; Okazaki, Vardy
Rooney has come in at half time. Manchester United have played better but they have still not looked like a side capable of breaching Stoke City.
HALF TIME: Stoke City 2-0 Man United
How have the mighty fallen? Stoke City goes into the break with a deserved 2 goal lead. Very crucial 45 minutes for Manchester United and Louis Van Gaal.
Stoke City missed a chance to go three nil up when Arnautovic missed after been played in. Manchester United have had two corner kicks afterward but have failed to utilize them. Stoke City very comfortable here.
GOAL STOKE CITY
Stoke City 2-0 Manchester United
Arnautovic delivers a ferocious rocket from outside the box. NO chance for De Gea
GOAL STOKE CITY.
STOKE CITY 1-0 MAN UNITED
Depay makes a mistake and Glen Johnson runs in behind and picks out Bojan who applies the finish
KICK OFF: We are off at the Brittania.
The big news at Stoke City is that Wayne Rooney has been dropped. The English and Man United captain has been in poor form throughout the season and has scored just two goal all season. In his place comes in Ander Herrera.
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Team News: Stoke City Vs Manchester United. Rooney dropped!
Stoke City: Butland; Pieters, Wollscheid, Shawcross, Johnson; Cameron, Whelan, Arnautovic, Afellay, Shaqiri; Bojan
Manchester United: De Gea, Young, Smalling, Jones, Blind; Carrick, Herrera, Mata, Fellaini, Memphis; Martial
TRANSFER UPDATE
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| Mohamed Elneny could be on his way to Arsenal. Photo: Basel FC |
According to the MIRRORS, Arsenal has agreed a deal to sign Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Elneny
. All that is left is for personal terms and medicals to be completed. Full story to follow shortly.
It is boxing day. And there are ten, yes you read it right, TEN Premier league games. We start off at the Brittania stadium where an out-of-form United visit Stoke City with the host look to take advantage of United's poor form. We end the day at Southampton where Arsenal will be looking to go tops if results at Anfield goes their way. Our fixtures today are as follows:
Stoke City vs Manchester United
AFC Bournemouth vs Crystal Palace
Aston Villa vs West Ham United
Chelsea vs Watford
Liverpool vs Leicester City
Manchester City vs Sunderland
Swansea City vs West Bromwich Albion
Tottenham Hotspur vs Norwich City
Newcastle United vs Everton
Southampton vs Arsenal
Stay with us today as we take you through all 10 games in our live updates.
