Summary

  • FT: Chelsea 3-0 Bournemouth - Pedro (2) & Hazard

  • FT: Arsenal 1-0 West Brom - Giroud with late header

  • FT: Burnley 1-0 Middlesbrough - late goal for Gray

  • FT: Leicester 0-2 Everton - Mirallas & Lukaku

  • FT: Swansea 1-4 West Ham - Carroll with Hammers fourth

  • FT: Man Utd 3-1 Sunderland - Mkhitaryan with superb third

  1. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 17:23 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2016

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    Recruitment at Leicester poor, had a golden opportunity to attract players with a proven pedigree and decided to scour second rate leagues like Russia and Portugal, backfiring now as squad looks stretched.

    Dan

  2. 'Everything was right, now everything is wrong'published at 17:23 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2016

    Leicester 0-2 Everton

    Leicester City

    Leicester's Claudio RanieriImage source, Rex Features

    Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri: “It was a difficult match we knew that but we were in control, the match was equal. Suddenly from a long kick from their keeper and we reacted a little late they were able to score.

    “After that we were a little nervous and they controlled the match much better.

    “Nothing is right, nothing is easy but we must continue to work hard and be very attentive in the little detail. Only the little details make us down. We have to react as soon as possible.

    “We have to work and react that is our medicine. We will try to do our best again.

    “We have to stay together. We wanted to give a good present to our fans but it wasn’t possible and we will try with the next match.

    “What a year. Everything was right for the first six months and now everything is wrong. We have to fight.”

  3. Postpublished at 17:19 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2016

    Hull 0-0 Man City

    Chelsea have won. Arsenal have won. So let's find out if Manchester City can win. 

    Pep Guardiola's side are over at bottom team Hull City where victory will take them back over Liverpool and the Gunners into second.

    Follow that game live here

  4. 'Frustrated by fine margins'published at 17:15 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2016

    Chelsea 3-0 Bournemouth

    Bournemouth

    Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe, speaking to BBC Sport:"They’re an outstanding team but that being said, we were well in the game. It's frustrating for us. You can’t be too upbeat about getting beaten 3-0 but there were fine margins and many elements of our game-plan worked. They scored their first goal out of the blue, without any real sustained period of pressure, and the second goal just after half-time was the decisive moment. 

    "The players stuck to what we asked them to do really well. We showed our quality and our moments were there but unfortunately their goalkeeper did well when called upon. They have individuals of such quality that we couldn't keep them quiet the whole of the game."

  5. We had to win today - Wengerpublished at 17:10 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2016

    Arsenal 1-0 West Brom

    Arsenal

    Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger: "In the end we had to be patient against a well-organised West Brom side. They were tenacious, well-organised and we needed to keep patient and not make a defensive mistake. When you don't score early, you can't rush.

    "We had a high level of possession, plenty of shots at goal and we needed something special in the end. It was a special cross and a special header. 

    "We knew we had to win today after two disappointing defeats."

  6. Postpublished at 17:06 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2016

    Arsenal 1-0 West Brom

    West Bromwich Albion

    Ben FosterImage source, Getty Images

    West Brom keeper Ben Foster: "It is disappointing to lose any game, but to keep Arsenal at bay for so long and then lose with a few minutes left it is horrible. 

    "You know you're going to come here and, as a keeper, you're going to to be busy. The lads in front of me were brilliant. But fair play to Olivier Giroud - it was a great header and a great goal. 

    "Now we've got big games against Southampton and Hull next week so we have got to forget about this and move on." 

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    Get Involvedpublished at 17:06 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2016

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    Craig Andrew Smith: Despite deserving to get beat, was glad to see Sunderland made a game of it. Pickford again played outstanding.

    Ben, London: Very poor of Conte not to give Michy some decent playing time today! Sure, the rest put in a great performance but you'd want your backup striker to get some game time when opportunities come along. 

  8. 'Everton deserved win'published at 17:01 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2016

    Leicester 0-2 Everton

    Everton

    Everton defender Ramiro Funes Mori: "After the derby defeat it hurt us a lot, but we had to keep playing and we did a brilliant job. We kept a clean sheet and scored twice against strong opponents - we deserved it."

  9. Job done - Giroudpublished at 16:57 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2016

    Arsenal 1-0 West Brom

    Olivier GiroudImage source, PA

    Arsenal matchwinner Olivier Giroud: "It was a very good cross from Mesut Ozil and I just tried to finish the job. Today we were strong together, a strong mentality, it was important to win today and we showed a lot of strength. 

    "At home you have to win and even more so after two disappointing results so it was a very important game - we needed the three points. It is a big relief."  

  10. Anything LVG can dopublished at 16:54 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2016

    Man Utd 3-0 Sunderland

    Simon Stone
    BBC Sport at Old Trafford

    What an amazing goal by Henrikh Mkhitaryan. A kind of first-time overhead back-flick whilst facing Sunderland's goal.

    David Moyes is sat down now. So is Jose Mourinho, who has extended his unbeaten run to 11, which is the most Louis van Gaal managed as Manchester United manager.

    Moyes managed 12.

  11. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 16:54 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2016

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    James Beswick: @HenrikhMkh just taking the Mkhi...

    Jeremiah Kariuki: Swansea are like an open net just ready to soak in goals. 

    Desmond Oguda: What a strike by Mikhi! Four words, out of this world! 

  12. FULL-TIMEpublished at 16:54 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2016

    Burnley 1-0 Middlesbrough

    Burnley sneak a much-needed win against a relegation rival. Andre Gray is the hero, but the Boro villain is Victor Valdes, who really should have saved the Clarets striker's shot.

    Gray celebratesImage source, Reuters
  13. Team newspublished at 16:54 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2016

    Hull v Man City (17:15 GMT)

    Hull name the same side which lost 1-0 at West Ham last time out. They dominated that game for large periods but could not score - in fact they hit the post on three occasions. Can they have more luck tonight?

    Hull: Marshall, Maguire, Dawson, Davies, Elmohamady, Livermore, Huddlestone, Clucas, Robertson, Snodgrass, Mbokani. Subs: Meyler, Maloney, Jakupovic, Weir, Diomande, Henriksen, Mason.

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    Pep Guardiola again shuffles the Manchester City deck, with four changes from the team which beat Arsenal. In come John Stones, Bacary Sagna, Fernandinho and Nolito, out go Pablo Zabaleta, Aleksander Kolarov, Fernando and Leroy Sane. 

    Man City: Bravo, Sagna, Otamendi, Stones, Clichy, Toure, Fernandinho, Sterling, De Bruyne, Silva, Nolito. Subs: Zabaleta, Fernando, Kolarov, Caballero, Jesus Navas, Iheanacho, Garcia.

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  14. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 16:53 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2016

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    Benjamin Lewis: Why couldn't Zlatan Ibrahimovic have come to the premier league sooner? He is a sensational player who ages like fine wine. 

    Sophie Gayter: May have been offside but take a bow Mkhitaryan. Goal of the season so far.

    Richard: Mkhitaryan with the best offside goal you'll see all season.

  15. FULL-TIMEpublished at 16:53 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2016

    Chelsea 3-0 Bournemouth

  16. FULL-TIMEpublished at 16:53 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2016

    Man Utd 3-1 Sunderland

    Four Premier League wins in a row for Manchester United, who are edging themselves into a tussle at the top. The highlight of the game was Henrikh Mkhitaryan's ludicrous flicked goal, even though he was offside.

  17. FULL-TIMEpublished at 16:52 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2016

    Swansea 1-4 West Ham

    West Ham's most emphatic win of the season lifts them all the way up to 11th. Bob Bradley and his team have that familiar sinking feeling.

  18. FULL-TIMEpublished at 16:52 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2016

    Leicester 0-2 Everton

    Leicester in big bother. Everton up to seventh as it stands.

  19. FULL-TIMEpublished at 16:52 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2016

    Arsenal 1-0 West Brom

    Not the prettiest, but certainly important. Arsenal fought to the end to see of West Brom and move back up to third (temporarily at least).

    Giroud celebratesImage source, AFP
  20. goal

    GOAL - Chelsea 3-0 Bournemouthpublished at 16:49 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2016

    Pedro (90 mins)

    Game, set and the match to Chelsea. Pedro, who along with Eden Hazard has been exceptional this afternoon, runs into the area, hits a shot which takes a whacking great deflection off a defender and trickles over the line. 

    PedroImage source, Getty Images