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Leicester, Arsenal lose to tighten table; more pressure for van Gaal

Manchester City occupies third place in the Premier League standings ahead of Sunderland’s visit.

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Arsenal are preparing for their Premier League trip to Stoke City on Boxing Day, before their home clash against Bournemouth on Monday 28 December.

The Dutchman hinted that his days in the Old Trafford hot seat might be numbered.

“Every Chelsea versus Manchester United game is big but this one is especially of course”, he said.

So if Arsene Wenger was at all concerned about his players keeping their focus at St. Mary’s tonight, the chance for us to overtake Leicester and finish the weekend on top of the Premier League was just what the doctor ordered.

“We started to play too late”, Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri said.

Southampton took a 19th-minute lead against Arsenal when Curacao defender Cuco Martina delivered a majestic strike from 25 metres, the ball starting well outside the right post and curving perfectly before nestling in the bottom corner of the net.

Chelsea drew 2-2 with Watford in Guus Hiddink’s debut as caretaker manager as Oscar missed a second-half penalty when he slipped.

Long then beat keeper Petr Cech from eight metres in the 55th minute.

Diego Costa scored twice for Chelsea while Troy Deeney and Odion Igahlo had the Watford goals.

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Managerless Swansea City won for the first time since October, Ki Sung-yeung scoring the only goal against visiting West Bromwich Albion. The teams in between them are Palace, Watford, West Ham United, Liverpool and Everton and a win over the Red Devils may see them jump to at least eighth spot in the table and close the gap against United.

Arsene Wenger could make some changes after watching his Arsenal side lose 4-0 at Southampton