Premier League games

Manchester City continues to hunt Premier League-leading Arsenal and its next obstacle is struggling Everton at the Etihad Stadium.

QUESTIONABLE: Yerry Mina (thigh). While the first three losses in that stretch — Manchester United, Spurs, and Newcastle — are understandable, Everton’s draw with Fulham and losses to Leicester, Bournemouth, and Wolves (two at home) won’t have the boss feeling at a slow boil. [City thumped Leeds](https://soccer.nbcsports.com/2022/12/29/leeds-vs-manchester-city-score-erling-haaland-video-highlights-analysis/) to move back into second place, and the defending champs could pull within two points of the Gunners before Arsenal meets Brighton later Saturday. In fact, it seems likely he’ll best the mark for goals in a 42-game season despite the league calendar now providing just 38 top-flight encounters. It does bear repeating, as it seems like only injury can stop the Norwegian from setting a new Premier League single-season goals record. A loss or draw for Everton and win from one of Wolves, Nottingham Forest, or Southampton would leave the Goodison Park set in the relegation zone come New Year’s Day.

Pressure is building on Everton boss Frank Lampard and assignments don't come much tougher than Manchester City. Follow all the action as it happens at the ...

All over at Molineux and Man United have taken the three points to enter the new year in the top four. It’s the first goal of the afternoon and a big one for Palace. The first chance of the game at Craven Cottage. on the final day of the year! And Fulham do now have their breakthrough goal at the Cottage. World class and from Everton’s first shot of the afternoon too. It ends goals at St James’ Park with Newcastle unable to break down the Leeds back line in a goalless stalemate. Pep Guardiola never believed the puff that his team would be champions by 15 points and it’s clear they are really going to have to fight with Arsenal to complete a hat-trick of titles with tough fixtures ahead starting with Chelsea. I don’t want to be in the meetings with them – I don’t care. Jack Grealish, Nathan Patterson and Rodri all needed treatment as the tackles reined in and Everton capitalised on the disruptions in spectacular style. ‘Erling was a bit angry about the first action of the game on his ankle but he deserved the yellow card. Ben Godfrey didn’t give Haaland a moment’s peace even though the Norwegian still managed to get his 27th City goal in only 21 games.

| "There's a bit of illness in the group. Anthony and Yerry are both under the weather so miss out." 🗨️ Frank Lampard.

“I don’t have a relationship with the referees, I don’t want to. Before we have the meetings, I send my assistant coaches, I don’t want to talk to them. “Are we going to talk about that with Haaland or talk about what they have done?” the City manager said. “We played this system against Tottenham earlier in the season and lost but we had two big chances on the counter and followed through on the defensive side of it pretty well for the majority of the game. They rode their luck at the very end when, in the 13th and final minute of stoppage time, Rodri flashed a header wide from six yards unmarked, but Everton deserved a draw. But they also limited City to just three shots on target and, much like Brentford, defended deep, compactly and in numbers through the middle, utilising their back five to excellent effect, forcing the champions out wide and backing themselves to deal with any crosses into the box.

Manchester City look to end 2022 on a high as they welcome Everton to the Etihad this afternoon. Pep Guardiola's side are strong favourites to do just that, ...

Haaland scores his 21st Premier League goal of the season, but Man City have to settle for a point against Everton and lost more ground to Arsenal.

[Southampton](/soccer/team?id=376) (Jan. [Ben Godfrey](http://espnfc.com/player/_/id/212953/Ben-Godfrey) and landed awkwardly on his ankle. 14). 6). It was his 27th of the season and his 21st in the Premier League -- just two short of the tally which saw Mo Salah and [Son Heung-min](http://espnfc.com/player/_/id/149945/Son-Heung-Min) share the Golden Boot last season. 8) before a Carabao Cup quarterfinal in [Brentford](/soccer/team?id=337) before the World Cup break -- will give the other contenders encouragement they can cause a shock. [Alex Iwobi](http://espnfc.com/player/_/id/175063/Alex-Iwobi) was robbed of the ball on the halfway line and with three Everton players caught forward, City worked the ball through [Jack Grealish](http://espnfc.com/player/_/id/172850/Jack-Grealish) and Mahrez before Haaland scored the first goal. We controlled the game for the majority of the time and had a lot of chances, but couldn't seem to get that [second] goal. [Report: Man City 1-1 Everton](/soccer/english-premier-league/story/4839328/man-city-drop-points-in-title-race-after-being-held-by-everton-at-home) [Best/worst performers](#bestworst) [Highlights and notable moments](#highlights)

Yes, they lost Garbiel Jesus to a significant injury, but Ben White, William Saliba, Thomas Partey, Granit Xhaka, Gabriel Martinelli and Bukayo Saka were all ...

A drag-back, then a nutmeg, in the blink of an eye. The Arsenal captain grows with each game and is currently in the form of his life. But in Saka and Odegaard, Arsenal had players of a different attacking calibre. Saka’s name was on the scoresheet again, then, but not for the first time this week it was Thomas Partey who started the move with a sliding challenge in midfield. The goal itself will not go down as Saka’s finest but it was another demonstration of the predatory instincts that make him such a threatening player for club and country. The Arsenal manager had seen something he did not like, somewhere in his team, and no amount of control in the game would make him overlook the little details.

Arsenal looks to stretch its Premier League unbeaten run into double digits when it visits a Brighton team back on the upswing at the Amex on New Year's ...

Alan Shearer put up 47 over 42, while Thierry Henry holds the 38-game record with 44. Haaland scored two more goals in a Wednesday win over Leeds at Elland Road as Manchester City burst out of the World Cup break with the big Norwegian still on pace for a Premier League record. Patrick Vieira will have been unhappy with Crystal Palace’s performance even before Tyrick Mitchell and James Tomkins were sent off short before and after halftime. It was another set piece that put Palace 2-0 ahead in the 36th minute, as Eberechi Eze stalked a corner kick sent to the top of the penalty area by Olise. The opener came after 19 minutes, when Bournemouth left Jordan Ayew completely unmarked in front of goal as Michael Olise whipped a corner kick into the box. Patrick Vieira was bitterly disappointed to see his side not only lose 3-0 to Fulham on Monday, but to also finish the game with just nine men in a truly disastrous situation. Below is the full schedule, as you can watch all 380 games across our NBC platforms. 👊💙 Here's our starting XI to take on @Arsenal this evening. That said, Arsenal was largely overrun by Brighton late and this was a Brighton side missing huge pieces of its midfield. Adam Lallana and Leandro Trossard have been in-form over Brighton’s three wins in four, scoring in two games each. Kaoru Mitoma and Evan Ferguson scored in a game it trailed 3-0 and 4-1. Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli, and Eddie Nketiah also scored for the Gunners.

Can Arsenal see out 2022 with another win to maintain their surprise Premier League title challenge? Follow the action live.

India: Star Sports network has the rights to show Premier League matches in India. The Seagulls are bidding to record three consecutive wins over Arsenal for the first time. Arsenal win it back in the Brighton half and the goalscorer is played through in acres of space down the right, but Lewis Dunk gets across to block his cut-back. Brighton are a good match for Arsenal here — they just can't seem to pick their way through in the final third. Pacesetters.— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) Bukayo Saka struck so early it seemed to shock Brighton out of their previous positive form, and Martin Odegaard has made the lead comfortable. It's a lovely piece of play from Brighton that ends with Pascal Gross playing in the Japan international, who produced a composed side-foot finish. Jeremy Sarmiento is trying to keep their hopes alive, but he goes to ground too easily on the edge of the Arsenal box and is penalised for diving. 88 mins: A few chants of 'off, off, off!' from the home fans as Bukayo Saya (on a yellow) trips Kaoru Mitoma. He's bringing on Rob Holding for Martin Odegaard to make sure of the result. FULLTIME: That's that for 2022 in the Premier League! Arsenal seemed in a mood to celebrate the new year on the south coast, Bukayo Saka giving them the lead inside just two minutes.

Mikel Arteta's Arsenal take on Brighton with hopes of maintaining their lead at the top of the Premier League table.

[manager signed to a new deal](https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/thomas-frank-brentford-coach-contract-latest-b2251025.html), beat Man City before the World Cup, produced a credible – first half, at least – display [to hold Tottenham to a 2-2 draw ](https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/tottenham-brentford-result-score-harry-kane-b2251596.html)on Boxing Day and are in the top half of the table. [Premier League clubs face crunch time in potential 11-team relegation fight](https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league-relegation-wolves-everton-southampton-b2252446.html) [Gabriel Martinelli](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/gabriel-martinelli) pulled the hosts ahead in the second half en route to the hosts’ 10th straight top-flight home victory, equalling their all-time record. Can a team be simultaneously sitting in the top half and doing the cliched nervous look back over their shoulder at the bottom three? [from shipping to the first goal against West Ham to cruise to a 3-1 victory](https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/arsenal-west-ham-result-premier-league-goals-b2251717.html) and maintain their four-game winning run. The Premier League leaders on 1st January have gone on to win the title in nine of the last 13 seasons. But they also have just that one win at City in their last seven and, if they do not beat West Ham before the turn of the year, will have only two league victories to their name in four months when they host Liverpool in their 2023 opener. [Mikel Arteta’s](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/mikel-arteta) men will need to win to keep themselves at least five points clear of the reigning champions, Manchester City. As is it stands Manchester City are being held to a 1-1 drew at home against Everton. The Seagulls come into the match seventh in the league but will keep up the pace with the likes of Liverpool and Manchester United if they defeat the Gunners. [Mikel Arteta](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/mikel-arteta) hopes [Arsene Wenger](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/arsene-wenger)’s first trip back to the Emirates since leaving the club in 2018 was the first of many future visits by the former [Arsenal](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/arsenal) boss. [Arsenal ](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/arsenal)hope to maintain their lead at the top of the [Premier League ](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/premier-league)table as they travel to [Brighton](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/brighton-and-hove-albion) for the first of a few tricky upcoming fixtures for the Gunners.