There were three matches to be played yesterday after the Boxing Day programme. With Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool all failing to win, Arsenal had a great chance to gain some ground. It looked to be on the cards as well when Gervinho rounded Wayne Hennessey after just eight minutes to give Arsenal the lead. But Steven Fletcher prevented Arsenal's win with an equaliser seven minutes before half-time. Wolves then managed to hold off Arsenal by playing the last fifteen minutes with ten men, Nenad Milijas receiving a straight red for a poor tackle on Mikel Arteta.
Two of the Premiership new boys, Swansea and QPR did battle at the Liberty Stadium. Former QPR target, Danny Graham gave Swansea the lead after just fourteen minutes. But QPR earned their first point in four games with Jamie Mackie equalising thirteen minutes into the second half.
The final match of the triple bill saw Norwich host Tottenham. Spurs had a great to cement their third place with their nearest rivals failing to pick up a win. Gareth Bale was on hand to give Tottenham the lead ten minutes into the second before securing the victory after 67 minutes to go four points ahead of Chelsea with a game in hand.
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