Premier League

EPL wrap: World Cup penalty miss still in everyone's thoughts but England skipper gets on scoresheet as EPL resumes, while Chris Wood also scores in ...

Jones was forced to wait almost seven weeks for his first taste of top-flight action on home soil, having replaced the fired Ralph Hasenhuttl just two days before a 3-1 loss at Liverpool on November 12. American defender Chris Richards entered on the hour-mark for Palace in his first appearance since August 27 after recovering from an injury that caused him to miss the World Cup. James Tomkins – making his first Premier League start for exactly a year – was sent off with a second yellow after 57 minutes. Brighton moved two points behind fifth-place Manchester United with a deserved third league win from four games. Newcastle's only defeat in 16 games in the Premier League this season was at Liverpool on the final day of August. Pervis Estupinan delivered a tantalising low cross which Romain Perraud clumsily directed into his own goal under pressure from Seagulls winger Solly March. Liverpool's third straight victory moved the Reds five points adrift of the Champions League spots, with Jurgen Klopp's side remaining sixth. Liverpool's Darwin Nunez dummied Andy Robertson’s cross, leading to Villa 'keeper Robin Olsen and Tyrone Mings colliding and the defender needing treatment. Saka wasted no time, slotting into the bottom left corner to level the score. The Gunners continued to be frustrated by the resilient visitors who ultimately pulled ahead when William Saliba brought down Jarrod Bowen just inside the area, clipping the West Ham player’s left foot. The six-week break has not derailed what is turning out to be a memorable season under Eddie Howe. The match was the first in the Premier League in more than a month because of the long break for the World Cup in Qatar.

Antonio Conte hailed Harry Kane's character after the England captain recovered from his World Cup heartache to help Tottenham rescue a 2-2 draw at ...

I want the fans to believe we can do anything.” He just plays football and he can do that exceptionally well,” said Klopp of the Spanish midfielder, who is the son of former Serbian international Srdan Bajcetic. We know the importance of Harry for us, his personality, his character. Now we have to continue to push ourselves. “He’s cheeky as hell and is not worried about anything. He’s the best player we have. “Since last season we have made a good step. Liverpool’s relative lack of strength in depth compared to their competitors for a place in the top four was exposed by Klopp needing to turn to two teenagers off the bench as 17-year-old Ben Doak also made his first Premier League appearance. Ait-Nouri poked home from close range after Everton failed to deal with a counter-attack in the fifth minute of stoppage-time. We have shown big character,” Conte said. In the first Premier League fixture since the World Cup break in mid-November, Tottenham were in danger of a damaging defeat after Vitaly Janelt and Ivan Toney put Brentford in command at the Community Stadium. But Kane netted with a 65th minute header to start the Tottenham recovery in his first game since missing a crucial penalty in England’s World Cup quarter-final defeat against France.

Liverpool have beaten Aston Villa 3-1 thanks to goals from Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Stefan Bajcetic to go sixth in the Premier League during a ...

The All Whites striker makes the most of a rare start by scoring from the penalty spot as the Mapgies soar to second in the Premier League.

Jones was forced to wait almost seven weeks for his first taste of top-flight action on home soil, having replaced the fired Ralph Hasenhuttl just two days before a 3-1 loss at Liverpool on November 12. American defender Chris Richards entered on the hour-mark for Palace in his first appearance since August 27 after recovering from an injury that caused him to miss the World Cup. James Tomkins – making his first Premier League start for exactly a year – was sent off with a second yellow after 57 minutes. Brighton moved two points behind fifth-place Manchester United with a deserved third league win from four games. Newcastle's only defeat in 16 games in the Premier League this season was at Liverpool on the final day of August. Pervis Estupinan delivered a tantalising low cross which Romain Perraud clumsily directed into his own goal under pressure from Seagulls winger Solly March. Liverpool's third straight victory moved the Reds five points adrift of the Champions League spots, with Jurgen Klopp's side remaining sixth. Liverpool's Darwin Nunez dummied Andy Robertson’s cross, leading to Villa 'keeper Robin Olsen and Tyrone Mings colliding and the defender needing treatment. Saka wasted no time, slotting into the bottom left corner to level the score. The Gunners continued to be frustrated by the resilient visitors who ultimately pulled ahead when William Saliba brought down Jarrod Bowen just inside the area, clipping the West Ham player’s left foot. The six-week break has not derailed what is turning out to be a memorable season under Eddie Howe. The match was the first in the Premier League in more than a month because of the long break for the World Cup in Qatar.

Newcastle's only defeat in 16 games in the Premier League this season was at Liverpool on the final day of August. This was its sixth league win in a row — ...

Arsenal continued their winning ways at the top of the ladder, overcoming an early penalty to claim a 3-1 win over West Ham. Newcastle’s only defeat in 16 games in the Premier League this season was at Liverpool on the final day of August. Within 10 minutes, the Magpies had doubled that lead through Miguel Almiron, before Joelinton became the last of the side’s three forwards to get on the scoresheet with his 32nd-minute effort.

Boxing Day matches serve up a feast of goals, memorable comebacks and late drama.

[Chelsea](https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/4/Chelsea/overview) face [AFC Bournemouth](https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/127/Bournemouth/overview), with [Gary O'Neil](https://www.premierleague.com/managers/128847/Gary-O'Neil/overview) taking charge of the Cherries for the first time in the Premier League since his permanent appointment. [James Ward-Prowse](https://www.premierleague.com/players/4617/James-Ward-Prowse/stats) pulled a goal back with a rebound after his penalty was saved by Brighton goalkeeper [Robert Sanchez](https://www.premierleague.com/players/14538/Robert-S%C3%A1nchez/stats). [Tim Ream](https://www.premierleague.com/players/4276/Tim-Ream/stats) netted his first Premier League goal in a 3-0 win against nine-man Palace. [Joelinton](https://www.premierleague.com/players/20607/Joelinton/stats) headed in from [Kieran Trippier](https://www.premierleague.com/players/3905/Kieran-Trippier/stats)'s corner to hand Newcastle a three-goal cushion at half-time. [Yerry Mina](https://www.premierleague.com/players/32923/Yerry-Mina/stats) put Everton 1-0 up but Wolves drew level with Podence's crisp close-range finish. [face Leeds United](https://www.premierleague.com/match/75077) on Wednesday in their match in hand over Arsenal. [Bukayo Saka](https://www.premierleague.com/players/49481/Bukayo-Saka/stats) levelled on 53 minutes with a neat touch and low finish before [Gabriel Martinelli](https://www.premierleague.com/players/66104/Gabriel-Martinelli/stats) hammered home Arsenal's second from [Granit Xhaka](https://www.premierleague.com/players/12136/Granit-Xhaka/stats)'s pass. [Eddie Nketiah](https://www.premierleague.com/players/14451/Eddie-Nketiah/stats) put the seal on proceedings with a low shot for his first Premier League goal of the season as he stepped up in the absence of injured striker [Gabriel Jesus](https://www.premierleague.com/players/19680/Gabriel-Jesus/stats). [Said Benrahama](https://www.premierleague.com/players/20517/Sa%C3%AFd-Benrahma/stats)'s first-half penalty put the Hammers ahead, but two goals in five minutes turned the match on its head. [Tottenham Hotspur](https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/21/Tottenham-Hotspur/overview) missed out on the chance to move level on points with Man City in a four-goal thriller at [Brentford](https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/130/Brentford/overview). [Liverpool](https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/10/Liverpool/overview) made it three consecutive wins for the first time this season with a 3-1 success at [Aston Villa](https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/2/Aston-Villa/overview) in which [Andrew Robertson](https://www.premierleague.com/players/10458/Andrew-Robertson/stats) made Premier League history. [Harry Kane](https://www.premierleague.com/players/3960/Harry-Kane/stats) [scored a record 10th Boxing Day goal](https://www.premierleague.com/news/2992505) and [Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg](https://www.premierleague.com/players/5272/Pierre-Emile-H%C3%B8jbjerg/stats) levelled the match with a sweet strike.

The seven games Monday were the first in the Premier League in more than a month because of the long break for the World Cup in Qatar.

Mary’s and trails Liverpool by one point. Brighton beat struggling Southampton 3-1 at St. The defeat ramped up the pressure on Everton coach Frank Lampard. Liverpool beat Aston Villa 3-1 for its third straight league win and stayed sixth, a point behind Manchester United. He headed in a cross from Clement Lenglet in the 65th. Kane shrugged off chants of “You let your country down” from a section of the Brentford fans.

Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli and Eddie Nketiah scored in a rousing second-half comeback.

All Whites striker Chris Wood has blasted a spot-kick to help Newcastle United to a 3-0 win over Leicester City and take his side up to second in the ...

Former Real Madrid and Spain coach Julen Lopetegui got off to a strong start in charge of Wolverhampton Wanderers after his side came from behind to sink ...

"We showed a lot of composure and quality," said Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta. Arsenal are eight ahead of third-placed Manchester City, who have played 14. They have 40 points from 15 games, seven clear of Newcastle who have played a game more.

With Arsene Wenger watching on, Arsenal returned to action after the World Cup break to beat West Ham and stay top of the Premier League table.

[England](/soccer/team?id=448) winger's composure to steer a low shot past [Lukasz Fabianski](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/77403/Lukasz-Fabianski) was exemplary. And then Nketiah had his moment, turning [Thilo Kehrer](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/214401/Thilo-Kehrer) with embarrassing ease before steering a low shot into the net. We had a lot of possession in the first half but then we were more effective." [Premier League table](https://www.espn.com/soccer/table/_/league/eng.1) They never looked like getting back into it after going behind, and despite the good job Moyes has done in his second stint at the club, criticism will only grow after a result which leaves them just a point outside the relegation zone. In fairness, the majority of those matches have come while in charge of teams that start such fixtures as second favourites, but this was a typically conservative approach from Moyes which never really got out of second gear, even when West Ham took the lead. Time will tell if Arsenal can last the pace to land their first league title since 2004 (under Wenger) but a seven-point lead at this stage is very encouraging. The 25-year-old striker is out for up to three months following knee surgery, leaving Nketiah to lead the line in his absence alongside Saka and Martinelli. Yet they stuck to the task admirably with the zest and energy in their attacking play rewarded with a stirring second-half comeback which ensures the feel-good factor around Emirates Stadium continues. [Highlights and notable moments](#highlights) [Best/worst performers](#bestworst) Arsenal made a slow start Monday in falling behind even though that Benrahma goal came against the run of play.

Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli turned the game around in the space of five second half minutes before Eddie Nketiah stepped up in the absence of Gabriel ...

However, another show of resilience from Arsenal showed the fight that lies ahead of the defending champions if they are to retain the title once more in the second half of the season. The Gunners got the break they needed to turn the tide eight minutes after the break when Odegaard's mishit shot fell perfectly into the path of Saka to sidefoot home. Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli turned the game around in the space of five second half minutes before Eddie Nketiah stepped up in the absence of Gabriel Jesus to seal all three points.

Max Rushden is joined by Lars Sivertsen, John Brewin and Jordan Jarrett-Bryan as the Premier League returns from it's Winter World Cup hiatus.

But we increasingly need our readers to fund our work. And we want to keep our journalism open and accessible to all. Arsenal are still very good despite being a Gabriel Jesus down.

Follow the action live as Chelsea and Bournemouth return to Premier League duties at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea play host to Bournemouth at Stamford Bridge in London, England. Bournemouth looked solid in the opening 15 minutes but Sterling's movement and vision were too good. With the all-important gap to the top four widening to eight points because of that setback at St James' Park, new manager Graham Potter is under early pressure to inspire a rapid upturn in form. Marc Cucurella scampers off to retrieve it and begin a passage of Chelsea passing. Bournemouth are yet to have the ball inside Chelsea territory during this second half. Philip Billing goes down under a challenge inside the box and a VAR check comes to nothing. Just the half Chelsea would have wanted as they seek to avoid four successive league defeats. Their team could have put the game all-but out of sight if they had capitalised on a string of incisive attacks before the break and not found visiting goalkeeper Mark Travers on fine form. Reece James wins a throw-in deep inside Bournemouth territory on the right. Now Chelsea are back on the attack. A loud roar goes up – is that the sound of the away fans cheering ironically? "I like to be free, to get the ball often, to be in the box and just to play.

Chelsea are in talks over completing the signing of Benoit Badiashile ahead of the January transfer window, Nizaar Kinsella reports. Having recently poached ...

You say it will get better with time and you have to focus on the things you can control. It was a challenging period for all the players. “I have to say he is in a good mood, he is in a good place. “He is missing the World Cup. “It was a challenging period for him. But Potter is fully aware of Chelsea’s need to reverse a woeful run of form, adding: “I’d like to have gone up and down California with a couple of wins, but it wasn’t to be. “It feels like there’s a really good spirit, a really good connection around the building. "He was in a really good place before he got injured. "There have, of course, been discussions around the window's approach but nothing concrete to arrive yet. The Blues are nine points adrift of the top four as things stand and need to make up that deficit in the race for Champions League qualification. “So I’m really looking forward to the weeks, months and years ahead. I’m even more confident now, even more aware of the support I have now than I was three months ago when I took the job.

Minute-by-minute report: Can Chelsea's fortunes improve when they resume their campaign against a Bournemouth under new ownership? Join Rob Smyth.

[Premier League](https://www.theguardian.com/football/premierleague) season on a high when they routed Everton 3-0. [Premier League](https://www.theguardian.com/football/premierleague) debut in midfield. [Bournemouth](https://www.theguardian.com/football/bournemouth) at Stamford Bridge. Pulisic collects a loose ball on the edge of the D and surges into the area. It wasn’t much of a shirt pull, and Pulisic certainly made the most of it, but it was still a shirt pull. He mishits a shot into the crowd and Zakaria was crowded out but Havertz collected the loose ball and played it back to Mount on the edge of the D. Play continues, Chelsea break and Pulisic scores at the other end – but the goal is disallowed for a softish foul by Havertz on Smith (I think) in the build up. “If the ref blows for the foul on Pulisic after he got the shot away (that goes wide), it would be a penalty but maybe not a red card. Zemura comes across, but James wins a 45/55 ball and smashes a shot that is blocked at the near post by Travers. I suppose the key is whether Graham Potter is brave enough to do what he wants rather than what he thinks is expected of a Chelsea manager. A collection of overpaid, not consistently motivated players who will constantly rotate in and out of the team as they don’t fit the structure of what the manager would like?

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Chelsea are continuing to dominate possession, with Bournemouth having to do plenty of chasing. A new one is found in the dressing room - but they're not the same colour! Bournemouth are having some joy down the left.

The Premier League is back, and two teams that were headed in opposite directions before the World Cup break meet in a 12:30 p.m. match.

Still, it is on the road, where it has failed to keep a clean sheet in any of its 17 top-flight away games since a 1-0 win at Chelsea in December 2019, In addition, two of Chelsea’s best performers at the World Cup – Pulisic and Hakim Ziyech – are players whose futures at Stamford Bridge are far from certain. [fubo TV](https://www.fubo.tv/stream/soccer/?bgvideo=EPL-Mornings.mp4&title=Watch%20Premier%20League%20matches%20on%20NBCSN&subinfo=Stream%20on%20your%20TV,%20Computer%20and%20other%20devices&priceline=See%20them%20live%20or%20record%20for%20later&irad=356365&irmp=1810047)(give the FREE seven-day trial a try), [DirecTV Stream](https://www.directv.com/tv/Premier-League-Soccer-U1hIbWYzV2I5Q0xTcEM0RjdEYjZqdz09)and [Sling TV](https://www.sling.com/whatson/sports/soccer/stream-premier-league-live-sling-tv)live-streaming it. The 12:30 p.m. Well, the Premier League returned to play Monday, with more matches scheduled for today. [fubo TV ](https://www.fubo.tv/stream/soccer/?bgvideo=EPL-Mornings.mp4&title=Watch%20Premier%20League%20matches%20on%20NBCSN&subinfo=Stream%20on%20your%20TV,%20Computer%20and%20other%20devices&priceline=See%20them%20live%20or%20record%20for%20later&irad=356365&irmp=1810047)(give the FREE seven-day trial a try), [DirecTV Stream](https://go.skimresources.com?id=126006X1587341&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.directv.com%2Ftv%2FPremier-League-Soccer-U1hIbWYzV2I5Q0xTcEM0RjdEYjZqdz09) and [Sling TV.](https://go.skimresources.com?id=126006X1587341&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sling.com%2Fwhatson%2Fsports%2Fsoccer%2Fstream-premier-league-live-sling-tv)

Kai Havertz and Mason Mount both netted in the first half in a dominant performance.

Chelsea snap horror run as Blues cruise past Cherries, but win comes at cost as star injured again.

Mount doubled the lead with a well-taken drive from the edge of the box in the 24th minute as Chelsea stepped up another gear before Pulisic had another goal disallowed for a foul by Havertz in the build-up. The Swiss midfielder broke forward well to drive Chelsea up the pitch in the first half, while the effervescent duo of Raheem Sterling and Christian Pulisic led the Bournemouth defence on a merry dance. James cruised through the first half but called for a substitution early in the second, pointing to his knee before going to ground and being replaced by Cesar Azpilicueta. Victory takes United to within one point of the top four and with a game in hand to come on fourth-placed Tottenham. Graham Potter’s side endured a torrid spell before the World Cup but sparkled on their return to Stamford Bridge against the struggling Cherries to move eighth, six points shy of the top four with a game in hand to come. Manchester United made a positive start to life without Cristiano Ronaldo as Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial stepped out from the Portuguese’s shadow to score in a 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest on Tuesday.

Minute-by-minute report: Join Scott Murray for updates as Erik ten Hag's team return to action against a Forest side in need of points.

A chance for Forest to load the United box. 38 min: Antony has been quiet, compared to Rashford and Martial anyway, but now he pops up to the right of the D and aims a curler towards the top left. 36 min: Wan-Bissaka comes piling into the back of Lingard and is slightly fortunate not to go into the book. A Forest corner leads immediately to a United counter. The ball brushed Boly en route to the goal. United are half of the way to their seventh straight win over Forest. Nothing comes of the set piece, but this is a signal raising of the tempo by the away side. The gap to the top four closes; Forest remain in the relegation places. 75 min: Garnacho dribbles hard down the left and looks for Rashford in the middle. 79 min: Shaw comes ploughing into the back of Yates, 30 yards from the United goal. 89 min: Dennis versus Casemiro again, as the Forest man dribbles down the left. We want to stay in all the leagues we are in.

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England striker Marcus Rashford has continued his fine goalscoring form as Manchester United cruised to a 3-0 victory over Nottingham Forest in the Premier ...

Newcastle's charge towards a return to the Champions League was also not halted by the break as the Magpies scored twice in the first seven minutes at ...

"We scored at the perfect time and the crowd was incredible, also in the moment we conceded the goal. I want the fans to believe we can do anything." "We are in one (relegation battle)," admitted Everton boss Frank Lampard. When we scored it got loud and we generated the momentum we needed." "When he came back he was good. Newcastle's charge towards a return to the Champions League was also not halted by the break as the Magpies scored twice in the first seven minutes at Leicester.

EPL wrap: Goal rush continues for England star while Chelsea get back to winning ways too.

“It would be good because of all the games coming, we are playing every third day and it is tough. “For the progress of the team we need to be more clinical, our players can score, you can see that. However, PSV Eindhoven announced it had agreed to sell the forward to United's top-four rival Liverpool. “We created so many chances and it takes us just before the end to score the third goal. We have a lot of players who can score goals, but we have got to be ruthless.'' But it still started the day four points behind fourth-placed Tottenham. Manager Graham Potter was in need of a win with his team outside the top six at Christmas for only the second time in 22 seasons. United's attempts to bring in a top quality forward in January could be hindered by the potential sale of the club after owners, the Glazers, confirmed their willingness to consider giving up control. I think we are always in the market, but it has to match the sporting criteria, but also the financial criteria. We need to take this moment earlier. However, if United's manager is to guide his team to a top-four finish in his first season at the club, he is likely to need more firepower to cover the exit of Cristiano Ronaldo, who had his contract terminated last month. United went into the match on the back of a run of six wins from its last seven games in all competitions.

After missing the World Cup because of a knee injury, Reece James sparked fears of a fresh setback when he limped off during Chelsea's 2-0 win against ...

You could see today his quality and what he brings to the team.” Goals from Kai Havertz and Mason Mount in the first half ensured three points against Bournemouth for the London club. “He’s been really disappointed to miss the World Cup, of course.