Crystal Palace drew 0-0 at Bournemouth, moving above Manchester United into fifth spot.
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All eyes were on United manager Van Gaal in the first game of a hectic holiday period and mid-table Stoke won 2-0 at the Britannia Stadium.
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It was a set of Boxing Day fixtures that seemed to encapsulate everything madly exciting about this English Premier League season, as Arsenal contrived to perform the messiest of slip-ups and Manchester United continued its baffling decline.
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Van Gaal lamented his players’ inability to handle the pressure, and partly blamed the windy conditions at Stoke.
“It’s a disappointing result, but you have to say well done Southampton”.
Memphis Depay’s diving backward header allowed Bojan Krkic to put Stoke in front, and Marko Arnautovic powered in a second goal from outside the penalty area.
“We lost too many challenges, they were sharper than us, and we were a bit unlucky as well”, Wenger said. Sunderland was abject in its loss against Manchester City, and this time around, after so many seasons spent just avoiding relegation, even the legendary scrapping tactics of its manager Sam Allardyce may not be enough to save it. It is, above all else, simply sad to witness two giants of North-East football in England in apparently terminal decline.
4 – Wilfried Bony has scored in four of his last six appearances for Man City in all competitions.
Manchester City quickly recovered from losing at Arsenal on Monday to thump struggling Sunderland 4-1 to stay third.
Chelsea FC started off the season as defending champions under a manager who has come to define them in the Roman Abramovich era, Portugese coach Jose Mourinho.
Diego Costa netted twice as Guus Hiddink began his second spell as Chelsea interim manager with a 2-2 draw at home to Watford, Oscar missing a late penalty that would have given the champions all three points.
Tottenham remained fourth after a 3-0 victory over Norwich engineered by Harry Kane’s double – the first from the penalty spot – and Tom Carroll’s strike. The match starts at 15:00 on 26 December 2015.
Defeat leaves United in sixth, three points behind Tottenham Hotspur and the top four.
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At the bottom, Aston Villa have two chances to resuscitate their survival hopes with matches against West Ham United at Villa Park before a visit to Norwich.
