Summary

  • Liverpool miss host of chances as Man Utd hold them to goalless draw

  • FT: Arsenal 2-0 Brighton - Jesus & Havertz send Gunners top of table

  • FT: Brentford 1-2 Aston Villa - Moreno & Watkins score as Villa come from behind to win

  • FT: West Ham 3-0 Wolves - Kudus (2) & Bowen give Hammers comfortable win

  1. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 14:34 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2023

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    Re 14:27 - Are the referees meant to care Saka is an important player for Arsenal & England? He's a winger, he's going to get fouled a lot.

    Daniel

  2. Postpublished at 14:34 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2023

    Arsenal 0-0 Brighton

    Big chance for Arsenal. Bukayo Saka runs onto Martin Odegaard's through ball and cuts it back to Gabriel Martinelli, whose first-time shot goes over. Good pressure by Jan Paul van Hecke to put him off because the keeper wasn't in his goal.

  3. Postpublished at 14:33 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2023

    Brentford 0-0 Aston Villa

    Jacob Ramsey of Aston Villa challenges for the ball with Mads Roerslev of BrentfordImage source, Getty Images

    A bit of a lull in this game after a very open start.

  4. goal

    GOAL - West Ham 2-0 Wolvespublished at 14:32 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2023

    Mohammed Kudus (32 mins)

    A second Mohammed Kudus goal, again from a Lucas Paqueta ball. This time he runs onto the Brazilian's ball and slots past the goalkeeper.

    West Ham in control now.

  5. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 14:31 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2023

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    Arsenal lost to Villa because we were wasteful at finishing. Hope we don’t have the same issue today against Brighton for the whole game. (which so far we are) we really need to start being clinical and killing teams off

    Paul

  6. 'Brighton have come into the game'published at 14:31 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2023

    Arsenal 0-0 Brighton

    Clinton Morrison
    Former Republic of Ireland striker on BBC Radio 5 Live

    It's getting a bit spicy now as Brighton have come into the game!

    It's what we've all wanted.

    Arsenal are desperate to get this first goal.

  7. 'It is a foul but not a yellow'published at 14:30 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2023

    Arsenal 0-0 Brighton

    Clinton Morrison
    Former Republic of Ireland striker on BBC Radio 5 Live

    I've been a centre-forward, you're just trying to ease them off and he's accidentally caught him.

    It is a foul but it's definitely not a yellow card.

  8. Postpublished at 14:30 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2023

    Arsenal 0-0 Brighton

    Arsenal's Gabriel Martinelli beats Jack Hinshelwood and swings a cross in which Lewis Dunk casually chests back to his keeper.

  9. Postpublished at 14:29 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2023

    West Ham 1-0 Wolves

    Mohammed Kudus has scored in all three home fixtures of West Ham in December (against Crystal Palace, Freiburg and Wolves).

    That was his eighth goal for the club.

  10. Postpublished at 14:29 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2023

    West Ham 1-0 Wolves

    Wolves have their first chance since conceding but Matheus Cunha's long-range effort is saved by Lukasz Fabianski.

  11. Look who's herepublished at 14:29 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2023

    Brentford 0-0 Aston Villa

    Brentford's Ivan Toney (centre) in the standsImage source, PA Media

    Ivan Toney is watching his side from the stands today as he nears his Brentford comeback.

  12. Postpublished at 14:28 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2023

    Arsenal 0-0 Brighton

    Arsenal striker Gabriel Jesus leaves an elbow in the chest of Billy Gilmour but escapes a card.

  13. Postpublished at 14:28 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2023

    Brentford 0-0 Aston Villa

    A nicely worked move by Aston Villa as Ollie Watkins heads the ball down for Jacob Ramsey inside the box but he stabs his shot wide. Ethan Pinnock, in close attention, did just enough to put off Ramsey.

  14. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 14:27 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2023

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    Saka is Arsenal and England's starboy but he gets zero protection from refs. It's going to take him getting seriously injured to make referees see how often he's fouled. If Milner (rightly) goes into the book then he's not having a good afternoon after that - the referee is thus acting entirely in Brighton's favour.

    James, St Albans

    Arsenal's Bukayo Saka reacts after sustaining an injuryImage source, Reuters
  15. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 14:26 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2023

    Arsenal 0-0 Brighton

    Brighton replace the injured Joel Veltman with youngster Jack Hinshelwood at right-back.

  16. Arsenal 'cooking'published at 14:25 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2023

    Arsenal 0-0 Brighton

    Clinton Morrison
    Former Republic of Ireland striker on BBC Radio 5 Live

    Arsenal are cooking at the moment.

    I think it was just a bit too much for Gabriel and in the end it was a comfortable save.

  17. CLOSE!published at 14:25 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2023

    Brentford 0-0 Aston Villa

    Good run by Matty Cash as he gets into the box to meet Pau Torres' cross but sends his volley just wide of the near post.

  18. Postpublished at 14:25 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2023

    Arsenal 0-0 Brighton

    Joel Veltman tries to play on after that injury, and goes down again a minute later. Brighton are going to have to replace him surely.

  19. Postpublished at 14:24 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2023

    Arsenal 0-0 Brighton

    Gabriel Martinelli heads to fellow Gabriel, Gabriel, but his header is straight at the Brighton keeper.

  20. goal

    GOAL - West Ham 1-0 Wolvespublished at 14:22 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2023

    Mohammed Kudus

    Kudos scores for West HamImage source, Getty Images

    West Ham counter from a Wolves corner and a few seconds later they're ahead.

    Lucas Paqueta lifts a ball over the top to Mohammed Kudus, who picks it up 40 yards out, charges towards goal and blasts in a shot which Dan Bentley should do better with.