Overview
- Arsenal won 2-0 at Burnley to extend their Premier League lead to seven points, with Viktor Gyokeres and Declan Rice scoring first-half headers from set pieces.
- Mikel Arteta’s side have nine straight wins in all competitions, five league victories in a row and just three goals conceded in 10 league games.
- Liverpool’s poor run stands at six defeats in seven across competitions after a heavily rotated team lost 3-0 to Crystal Palace in the Carabao Cup, with Aston Villa visiting Anfield later on Saturday.
- Manchester United’s three-match league winning streak ended in a 2-2 draw at Nottingham Forest, where Casemiro scored before Morgan Gibbs-White and Nicolo Savona turned it around and Amad Diallo equalised late.
- The Premier League attributed a sparse Boxing Day slate to expanded European competitions, while Antiguoko said it has taken court action claiming €1m from Martín Zubimendi’s transfer and described relations with Real Sociedad as very bad.