Summary

  • City close gap on Chelsea to three points

  • Yaya Toure scores from the spot

  • Aguero forced off with knee injury

  • Everton now 11th in the table

  1. Postpublished at 15:13 Greenwich Mean Time 6 December 2014

    Sunderland look to be growing in confidence at Anfield as both sides struggle to make early chances. Don't forget the Reds are without Steven Gerrard from the start, who is watching from the bench, so how will they fare without him? Time will tell.

  2. Dorrans fluffs his linespublished at 15:12 Greenwich Mean Time 6 December 2014

    Former Manchester United striker Andy Cole
    BBC Final Score

    "If you're going to take a penalty, take it with a bit of meanness, especially when you're in the position West Brom are at the moment. No one can say it's a poor penalty if you lace it as hard as you can. For me, that was a poor one."

  3. GREAT SAVE!published at 15:12 Greenwich Mean Time 6 December 2014

    It looks like tricky conditions at QPR this afternoon. The pitch is still white with ice in some places and players are losing their feet. Karl Henry and George Boyd back on after a clash of heads, with the former sporting a bandage around the head.

    Burnley almost take the lead as Rob Green fumbles an initial cross but Scott Arfield's rebound effort is well blocked by the QPR keeper. Should score.

  4. CLOSE!published at 15:12 Greenwich Mean Time 6 December 2014

    Arsenal should be level, and it should be Olivier Giroud scoring on his return to the side but he plants a header wide of goal when, you have to say, it was probably easier to score.

  5. MISSED PENALTYpublished at 15:10 Greenwich Mean Time 6 December 2014

    Graham DorransImage source, Getty Images

    Oh it is saved by Allan McGregor! It is not a great penalty by Graham Dorrans as McGregor guesses the right way.

  6. Postpublished at 15:10 Greenwich Mean Time 6 December 2014

    Former England captain Jimmy Armfield
    BBC Radio 5 live at Anfield

    "It's been a bright start. We've already seen good play down the Liverpool right through Glen Johnson. He does have his defensive limitations, but going forward he will go all the way if given the chance. For Sunderland, Connor Wickham has been playing out on the left-hand side. I watched Wickham coming up through youth football and he was always a central striker, but Sunderland have got Jozy Altidore and Steven Fletcher, so Wickham has had to convert."

  7. CLOSE!published at 15:09 Greenwich Mean Time 6 December 2014

    Brilliant skill by Tottenham's Christian Eriksen as he nutmegs Martin Kelly on the left. The Dane cuts inside but shoots into the side netting. Great effort.

  8. Postpublished at 15:08 Greenwich Mean Time 6 December 2014

    End-to-end at Loftus Road. No real chances for either side but a delay in play as Karl Henry and George Boyd receive treatment for a clash of heads.

  9. PENALTY TO WEST BROMpublished at 15:08 Greenwich Mean Time 6 December 2014

    Jake Livermore brings down Victor Anichebe inside the area and it is a penalty to West Brom...

  10. Must-win for Rangerspublished at 15:07 Greenwich Mean Time 6 December 2014

    Garth Crooks
    BBC Final Score

    "QPR can't lose today, because to come back from that could take weeks.

    "It takes time for a team to gel, you don't buy players and make a team, I saw that with Tottenham on Wednesday.

    "Chelsea are a team, a strong resilient team. I don't see that with QPR. I saw signs of it against Leicester, where they managed to grind out a good result, but I worry about what psychological damage they could suffer if Burnley win today."

  11. Postpublished at 15:06 Greenwich Mean Time 6 December 2014

    All quiet at White Hart Lane early on as both sets of players look to get to grips with the game. An early injury scare for Spurs as Eric Dier limps off but he is back on and running freely.

  12. Chambers feeling the heatpublished at 15:05 Greenwich Mean Time 6 December 2014

    Former Manchester United striker Andy Cole
    BBC Final Score

    "Calum Chambers is starting to realise what playing week in week out means at a big club. Now he needs to step up, he's at a club that wants to win championships and compete in the Champions League.

    "Stoke are prepared to mix it with Arsenal on a physical level. Arsenal play beautiful football, but when it gets physical there are not a lot of Arsenal players who are able to stand up to the challenge."

  13. PENALTY APPEALpublished at 15:03 Greenwich Mean Time 6 December 2014

    Almost an early opportunity for Liverpool as Raheem Sterling races down the left flank. With players waiting for a quality ball in the middle, he fails to deliver and the chance is gone.

    At the other end, Sunderland are shouting very loudly for a penalty. Martin Skrtel holds his breath as Connor Wickham goes down under his challenge but play is waved on, probably correctly. Close though.

  14. GOALpublished at 15:00 Greenwich Mean Time 6 December 2014

    Peter CrouchImage source, AFP

    What a start for Stoke City! Pretty much straight from kick-off Stoke get away down the right and Steven Nzonzi delivers a low cross in the area, which Arsenal fail to deal with, and Peter Crouch bundles home from close range.

  15. KICK-OFFpublished at 15:00 Greenwich Mean Time 6 December 2014

    All five games are go in this afternoon's Premier League matches.

  16. Gerrard on the benchpublished at 14:58 Greenwich Mean Time 6 December 2014

    Former Manchester United striker Andy Cole
    BBC Final Score

    Steven GerrardImage source, Getty Images

    "You've got to accept that you need to have a rest when you get to a certain age.

    "Paul Scholes played for Manchester United right up to his retirement, Ryan Giggs played until he was 40, but he wasn't playing every week, he would have regular spells out of the team.

    "To get the best out of Steven Gerrard and the best for Liverpool, he and the fans have to acknowledge he may have to take a rest."

  17. Postpublished at 14:57 Greenwich Mean Time 6 December 2014

    All players in matches this weekend will be posing together with the match officials as part of Football Remembers - a series of programmes and events being delivered jointly by the Premier League, The FA and the Football League, in partnership with the British Council, to commemorate the First World War.

    This year, most of the activity centres on one of the most iconic moments of the First World War, the 1914 Christmas Truce football match.

    Over the course of 'Football Remembers' week, fans, teams and schools are being asked to upload their own pre-match pictures to this website, external via social media by using #FootballRemembers., external

  18. Postpublished at 14:55 Greenwich Mean Time 6 December 2014

    That wasn't a bad appetiser was it? Now five more Premier League games kicking off at 15:00 GMT before Manchester City's late match against Everton.

  19. Postpublished at 14:51 Greenwich Mean Time 6 December 2014

    BBC Radio 5 live

    Sunday Times reporter Jonathan Northcroft on Crystal Palace's search for a striker: "The strikers that keep teams up don't need to score that many, maybe four or five goals will keep them up. It is about scoring key goals and getting that type of right player in January. Maybe experienced strikers on loan will be the best option but they are all competing for the same players. Maybe Robbie Keane or Jermaine Defoe?"