WEST HAM 0-1 SOUTHAMPTON: HALF TIME
Southampton finish the half a goal to the good.
MAN CITY 4-0 LEICESTER: HALF TIME
Four. Four goals already for the almost infallible Manchester City as the half comes to a close.
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NORWICH 0-2 ARSENAL: TIERNEY DOUBLES THE LEAD
Keiran Tierney finds the back of the net with a left-footed shot after some good play from Martin Odegaard. Arsenal’s confidence and form are on the up.
NORWICH 0-1 ARSENAL
Granit Xhaka surprises precisely no one by receiving a yellow card.
37′
TOTTENHAM 2-0 CRYSTAL PALACE: RED CARD FOR ZAHA
Wilfried Zaha walks for a second yellow, earned for some unnecessary touchline-petulance. He has looked frustrated since the first whistle. This just got a lot harder for a rudderless Palace.
34′
TOTTENHAM 2-0 CRYSTAL PALACE: MOURA MAKES IT TWO
Lucas Moura couldn’t miss a few yards from goal and he puts the header past Butland in the Palace goal. Tottenham, and the Conte era, have suddenly got going.
32′
TOTTENHAM 1-0 CRYSTAL PALACE: KANE PUTS TOTTENHAM IN FRONT
Harry Kane finishes crisply from the centre of the box, looking to have gained the confidence that has eluded him for so long. It always takes him a few weeks (months) to come to life.
NORWICH 0-1 ARSENAL: IT’S ALMOST TWO
Lacazette almost makes it two for Arsenal with a header that really should have nestled in the net. Close, but the away side are certainly on top.
26′
MAN CITY 4-0 LEICESTER: STERLING SLOTS IT HOME
Sterling drills the penalty his running had earned past a flailing Schmeichel. There are other games on, but the Eithad has monopolized the action.
25′
MAN CITY 3-0 LEICESTER: ANOTHER PENALTY
Raheem Sterling goes down after a trip. An obvious one and Sterling will take it…
21′
MAN CITY 3-0 LEICESTER: GUNDOGAN SCORES A TAP IN
City clearly not feeling all that festive as they punish Leicester again. Schmeichel can do little more than palm a low cross into the path of Ilkay Gundogan. A gift.
MAN CITY 2-0 LEICESTER: MADDISON HITS THE BAR
A freekick from 25-yards out almost sneaks in to claw back a goal for Leicester. But Ederson is equal to it – just – and tips it onto the bar.
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MAN CITY 2-0 LEICESTER: MAHREZ SCORES TO PUT CITY TWO-UP EARLY
It was only a cursory glance at the VAR monitor before the penalty was given for a clear foul. Mahrez steps up and fires past Kasper Schmeichel, who had dived the right way.
13′
MAN CITY 1-0 LEICESTER: PENALTY FOR CITY
Tielemans hauls down Laporte, Mahrez steps up to take it…
8′
WEST HAM 0-1 SOUTHAMPTON
Mohamed Elyounoussi joins the early action with a lovely strike from the outside of the area. West Ham look stunned.
6′
NORWICH 0-1 ARSENAL
Bukayo Saka slots home from eight yards to complete a flowing move, front to back, for an in-form Arsenal.
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MAN CITY 1-0 LEICESTER: DE BRUYNE SCORES FROM THE EDGE OF THE AREA
It had been coming from the first whistle. After excellent play down the left, Kevin De Bruyne collects the ball on the edge of the area and curls one past Schmeichel.
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