Summary

  • Giroud sent off for headbutt on Onuoha

  • Rob Green saves Alexis Sanchez penalty

  • Wins for Chelsea, Man City and Man Utd

  • Saints, Swansea and Liverpool also win

  • As do Spurs, Stoke and Hull

  • BBC Radio 5 live's 606 via audio speaker button until 21:00 GMT

  1. YELLOW CARDpublished at 19:21 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2014

    Francis Coquelin commits a foul 30 yards from goal and this is a last chance for QPR....

  2. YELLOW CARDpublished at 19:20 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2014

    Arsenal win a free-kick near the halfway line, with Niko Kranjcar getting a yellow card for a foul. A precious couple of seconds earned for Arsenal.

  3. Postpublished at 19:19 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2014

    Graham Taylor
    BBC Radio 5 live at Emirates Stadium

    "What a waste there from QPR. They had Arsenal on the back foot and the cross was a complete waste from Junior Hoilett."

  4. Postpublished at 19:18 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2014

    Four minutes of added time. Enough for QPR to find an equaliser?

  5. Postpublished at 19:18 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2014

    Bobby Zamora screams for a penalty as he is challenged by Kieran Gibbs when trying to sweep home Junior Hoilett's cross from close range. Nothing given.

  6. Postpublished at 19:17 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2014

    Graham Taylor
    BBC Radio 5 live at Emirates Stadium

    "That was close for Arsenal as for a second that header from Vargas looked in."

  7. CLOSE!published at 19:17 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2014

    Close for QPR as Niko Kranjcar drives in a corner and Eduardo Vargas flicks a header goalwards, but it is blocked on the line. All QPR.

  8. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 19:15 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2014

    Arsenal make a second change as Danny Welbeck makes way for Francis Coquelin, a regular from the bench in the closing stages of the last couple of games.

  9. Postpublished at 19:13 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2014

    Calum Chambers is on to provide extra protection against Junior Hoilett, who is QPR's most dangerous player in these closing stages. Hoilett manages to get beyond Chambers but, fortunately for Arsenal, his cross is far too heavy and goes out for a goal kick.

  10. Postpublished at 19:11 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2014

    Graham Taylor
    BBC Radio 5 live at Emirates Stadium

    "If this had stayed 11-a-side, it's fair to say this game would have been long decided in Arsenal's favour. That's what makes Giroud's actions even more baffling, why did he choose to do what he did?"

  11. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 19:10 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2014

    Arsene Wenger wants to shore things up as QPR press and on comes Calum Chambers for Tomas Rosicky. Can they hold on?

  12. Join the debate at #bbcfootballpublished at 19:08 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2014

    Chris Fleming: Shocking decision. The ref is right there and Debuchy gets a touch for certain.

    Ryan Mould: Not a penalty in the slightest - now lets see Arsenal's predictable collapse

    John de Vliering: How could Martin Atkinson give that penalty???? Debuchy clearly got the ball.

  13. Postpublished at 19:08 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2014

    We are into the final 10 minutes as Junior Hoilett runs at Mathieu Debuchy, but the Arsenal man has it under control this time, picking the ball off Hoilett and taking it out of the Arsenal area.

  14. Postpublished at 19:06 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2014

    Graham Taylor
    BBC Radio 5 live

    Charlie Austin celebratesImage source, Getty Images

    "I have to say this. I look where the referee was for that foul from Debuchy and he has the best possible view from five or six yards away and he makes his decision almost immediately. It will certainly be interesting to see what effect that goal has on the game. Will QPR press on in belief they can find an equaliser?"

  15. GOALpublished at 19:05 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2014

    Charlie Austin scores a penaltyImage source, Reuters

    In the form he is in, Charlie Austin has to take the spot kick. He does, and he sends it straight down the middle and into the back of the net. The fightback is on!

  16. PENALTY TO QPRpublished at 19:04 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2014

    Martin Atkinson awards a penalty to QPRImage source, Getty Images

    Chance for QPR to get back into the match as Junior Hoilett is caught by Matheiu Debuchy in the area, penalty...

  17. Postpublished at 19:02 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2014

    Harry Redknapp wants a penalty as Bobby Zamora goes down under a challenge as he tries to get his head to Junior Hoilett's deep cross. Martin Atkinson is having none of it and Redknapp raises his arms in frustration.

  18. Postpublished at 19:00 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2014

    Graham Taylor
    BBC Radio 5 live at Emitrates Stadium

    "Arsenal are so good at keeping possession that when you look out there at how this game is going, you wouldn't know they are down to 10 men."

  19. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 19:00 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2014

    With nothing to lose, QPR boss Harry Redknapp brings on Bobby Zamora for Jordon Mutch for the final 20 minutes of this game.

  20. YELLOW CARDpublished at 18:59 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2014

    Junior Hoilett is booked as he pulls down Mathieu Debuchy just outside the QPR area, Santi Cazorla can't make the most of the free-kick, though, as he fires over from 20 yards.