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Key events
Liverpool 2-1 Wolves. The bottom side look more likely to equalise than the champions extending their lead. The sub Jhon Arias is denied by Conor Bradley’s last-ditch block.
GOAL! West Ham 0-1 Fulham (Jimenez 85)
Raul Jimenez, the penalty hero for Fulham against Forest on Monday, may have won the game for his side again! He heads Harry Wilson’s cross off the post and in. West Ham’s relegation concerns are real.
Chelsea v Aston Villa. A reminder that when all the 3pms are over, Chelsea host in-form Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge. Will Magee has the team news.
Liverpool 2-1 Wolves. A big chance for Wolves as Tolu Arokodare heads over. Liverpool doing their level best to ship yet another two-goal lead. Wolves meanwhile are definitely going for it, sending on Jhon Arias to bolster their attack.
Livingston 2-4 Celtic. “Watching the game at Almondvale, you wouldn’t be surprised if it was to finish 6-5 to either team,” writes Simon McMahon. “That’s not a great look for Wilfried Nancy’s Celtic as they are chasing the title, while Davie Martindale’s Livvy are battling to avoid relegation.”
Arsenal 2-1 Brighton. Arsenal are still leading … but only because David Raya has just spectacularly tipped Yankuba Minteh’s shot over the bar. The Seagulls really going for this.
GOAL! Brentford 3-1 Bournemouth (Semenyo 75)
Antoine Semenyo. Who else?
Senegal 1-1 Congo DR. Some worrying news for Sunderland fans. Arthur Masuaku caught his studs in the turf during the build-up to that goal, while mistiming a tackle, and he’s carried off.
Arsenal 2-1 Brighton. Needs must, and with Arsenal creaking a bit after conceding, Gabriel is sent on to shore things up. The home fans so happy to see him return from injury.
GOAL! Senegal 1-1 Congo DR (Mane 68)
Ibrahim Mbaye hares down the right and shoots. Lionel Mpasi saves, but can only push the ball across to Sadio Mane, who can’t miss from six yards. He dispatches the ball into the bottom left, and the joint favourites are level! That didn’t take long.
GOAL! Rangers 1-0 Motherwell (Aasgaard 67)
Thelo Aasgaard taps a loose ball home from close range, and this Rangers goal will stand.
Arsenal 2-1 Brighton. Yasin Ayari has two shots blocked in as many seconds, and suddenly the title favourites are rocking. But holding onto their lead. For now.
GOAL! Arsenal 2-1 Brighton (Gomez 64)
Diego Gomez roofs home from 12 yards, and perhaps it’s not game over at the Emirates after all.
GOAL! Senegal 0-1 Congo DR (Bakambu 61)
Good work from Aaron Wan-Bissaka down the right causes confusion in the Senegal box, and Cédric Bakambu pokes home from close range! The tournament joint-favourites are behind!
Burnley 0-0 Everton. … so having said that, something happens at Turf Moor. Jacob Bruun Larsen is one on one with Jordan Pickford … but hoicks his shot over the bar. But it’s something! It’s not nothing!
Burnley 0-0 Everton. “Everton minus their three good players,” harrumphs Will Unwin. It’s like one of Hemingway’s short stories.
GOAL! Brentford 3-0 Bournemouth (Schade 51)
Bournemouth had looked lively in the early second-half exchanges, Andoni Iraola having made some half-time tweaks. But Kevin Schade starts and ends a break upfield, and this looks like it’s game over too.
GOAL! Arsenal 2-0 Brighton (Rutter og 52)
… but Arsenal are rather better at defending, so this should be game over. Georginio Rutter eyebrows Declan Rice’s header past his own keeper, who was preparing to claim.
GOAL! Liverpool 2-1 Wolves (Bueno 51)
A free header from a corner for Tolu Arokodare. Alisson parries, Santiago Bueno slots the rebound, and it’s game back on at Anfield. Liverpool at their worst this season when a couple of goals up.
VAR: Rangers 0-0 Motherwell
Scrub that. Youssef Chermiti was offside, blocking the keeper’s road, and everyone’s back to where they started at Ibrox.
GOAL! Rangers 1-0 Motherwell (Raskin 46)
Nico Raskin scores extremely early in the second half in the battle of fourth versus third.
We’re into second-half territory now. It is on, all over the world.
Half-time postbag. “A very moving day for both Liverpool and Wolves fans. Djogo Jota is in everyone’s hearts. The match is being played in the right spirit. Some promising touches from Wolves’ Manè (such a familiar-sounding name to Reds fans) but ultimately the superior technique of Liverpool has shone through. Frimpong has been excellent on the right but Ekitikè is in simply sublime form, proving the perfectly weighted assist for Wirtz. Season’s greetings and, if poss, a Christmassy shout-out to my friend Andy in Liverpool” – Colum Fordham
“I’m at a family holiday shindig with a some Liverpool fans. They were surprised to hear that the Reds scored. I have to think back to the Roy Hodgson’s time at Anfield to remember such a downbeat feeling among Liverpool supporters” – Kári Tulinius
“Low on quality” – Will Unwin, our man at Turf Moor, low on energy, understandably drained by that soporific first 45
Arsenal 1-0 Brighton. Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard didn’t look particularly happy as he left the field at half time. That’ll doubtless be the fallout from a brouhaha involving Viktor Gyokeres and Bart Verbruggen, the Brighton keeper taking out the striker but escaping with a yellow. That’s because Gyokeres was heading to the corner flag at the time, the result of a poor touch, so it’s not considered the denial of a goalscoring opportunity by either referee or VAR. The level of controversy yet to be determined, contingent on result.
Half-time at Afcon
Scottish Premiership half-times
Premier League half-times
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Arsenal 1-0 Brighton & Hove Albion
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Brentford 2-0 Bournemouth
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Burnley 0-0 Everton
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Liverpool 2-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers
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Nottingham Forest 1-2 Manchester City (FT)
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West Ham United 0-0 Fulham
Liverpool 2-0 Wolves. There were 89 seconds between those two Liverpool goals. A proper double whammy for Wolves.
GOAL! Liverpool 2-0 Wolves (Wirtz 42)
It’s happened at long last: a first goal in a Liverpool shirt for Florian Wirtz. All of a sudden, the reigning champions are comfortable. And that’s despite the roof coming off Anfield, which is exactly what happened when Wirtz broke his duck by forensically finding a corner. Hugo Ekitike with the assist.
GOAL! Livingston 2-4 Celtic (Engels 39 pen)
A handball, a whistle, and Arne Engels gives Celtic some breathing room. What an absurd game this is.
GOAL! Liverpool 1-0 Wolves (Gravenberch 41)
Jeremie Frimpong cuts back for Ryan Gravenberch, who slots into the corner.
GOAL! Brentford 2-0 Bournemouth (Petrovic og 39)
A game of pinball, and in.
Senegal 0-0 Congo DR. A free kick for Senegal, just to the right of centre along the D. Sadio Mane whips it over the wall and down towards the bottom-left corner. The keeper’s beaten all ends up, but the ball bounces inches wide. Probably just as well, because the award of the free kick was preposterous. Absolutely nothing happened, no contact, no hands, nothing, but the referee awarded one anyway.
Burnley 0-0 Everton. This one’s not getting good notices anywhere.
GOAL! Livingston 2-3 Celtic (Nygren 31)
Another goal at Livi, and for the first time, it’s Celtic who hit the front. And it’s Benjamin Nygren again! The first one was a poke home from a couple of yards. This is anything but, a diagonal screamer that flashes into the top-right corner from distance. Wilfried Nancy’s Celtic, ladies and gentlemen!
Arsenal 1-0 Brighton. Arsenal remain comfortable at the Emirates. Brighton haven’t shown in attack at all.
Liverpool 0-0 Wolves. Jose Sa tips an Alexis Mac Allister shot onto the post. It’s the second time Liverpool have hit the frame of the goal, Hugo Ekitike having hit its base beforehand. Turns out the Mac Allister effort wouldn’t have counted anyway, as Federico Chiesa was in a live offside position, but a save’s a save’s a save, ain’t that the truth.
Livingston 2-2 Celtic. They’ve all calmed down. So with nothing to report, here’s the belated publication of our old pal Simon McMahon’s Scottish preview. “Scottinho! Love Clocko, especially when your team don’t play until 5.45, which is the ko time for Aberdeen v Dundee United in the Scottish Premiership today. Special shout out to United super fans Evie and Ryan, and indeed all those who travel near and far to support their team while the likes of me head up once a fortnight and follow Clockwatch the rest of the time. They haven’t missed a game all season, and after being at Pittodrie today will go to Livingston on Tuesday for one final trip, a lot less glamorous than the ones to Luxembourg and Vienna back in the summer. United have only won four out of eighteen in the league so far, but have recorded nine draws, leaving them in eighth place but still with realistic hopes of making the top six if they can put a run together. Celtic will be hoping to have cut the gap at the top to three points before the teatime kick off by beating Livingston, after Hibs held on in the Edinburgh derby. And at the bottom struggling Dundee welcome high flying Falkirk while St. Mirren host Kilmarnock, and Rangers are at home to Motherwell.”
Senegal 0-0 Congo DR. Nicolas Jackson goes close for Senegal, dragging a low shot inches wide of the left-hand post.
Liverpool 0-0 Wolves. Anfield stands as one to honour the memory of Diogo Jota on 20 minutes. The Wolves fans chant his name, while the Liverpool supporters sing their fallen hero’s song. The most bittersweet of moments.
West Ham 0-0 Fulham. Jarrod Bowen finds himself one-on-one with Bernd Leno. The keeper wins the duel with a fingertip save. Turns out Bowen was offside anyway, but Leno wouldn’t have known so credit the save anyway.
Liverpool 0-0 Wolves. The bottom club are giving as good as they’re getting at Anfield. Mateus Mane, on his first Premier League start, forces Alisson into the first big save of the game.
Senegal 0-0 Congo DR. Aaron Wan-Bissaka has the ball in the net for Congo DR, a fine diagonal lash into the bottom left. But he’s clearly offside.
GOAL! Arsenal 1-0 Brighton (Odegaard 14)
The captain opens the scoring for the Christmas leaders at the Emirates. It had been coming, Arsenal starting strongly in response to Manchester City’s win at Forest.
Livingston 2-2 Celtic. The last three goals were scored in a three-minute-and-34-seconds burst.
