Wolves 2-2 Norwich: Paul Lambert's turkey will taste better than Mick McCarthy's after this 2-2 draw at Molineux. Andrew Surman gave Norwich the lead after twelve minutes before Sylvan Ebanks-Blake equalised after 37 minutes. Norwich were back in front when their super sub Grant Holt was replaced by Simeon Jackson, who made it 2-1 after 76 minutes with his first Premiership goal. Ronald Zubar fired a header past John Ruddy with eight minutes remaining to give Wolves a festive point. Norwich sit in ninth with Wolves seventeenth and only a point from relegation.
Blackburn 1-2 Bolton: This Lancashire derby was to settle who finished bottom at Christmas. Mark Davies gave Bolton the lead after five minutes before Nigel Reo-Coker doubled their lead on the half hour mark. Steve Kean needed to give a rousing half-time team talk but it could only bring one goal from Yakubu after 67 minutes, leaving Blackburn bottom and now five points from safety.
Manchester City 3-0 Stoke: Manchester City ensured themselves of top spot at Christmas with a win over a Stoke side that didn't really turn up. Sergio Aguero tapped the ball home just before the half hour mark to start the inevitable. Adam Johnson whipped a curler past Thomas Sorensen seven minutes before Aguero tapped his second home nine minutes into the second half. In truth, Stoke were lucky to have lost 3-0 as Thomas Sorensen was bombarded throughout the match, they will sit eighth at Christmas.
Aston Villa 1-2 Arsenal: Arsenal will be just two points behind fourth when Arsene Wenger sits at the table with his family. Ciaran Clark was guilty of conceding a soft penalty, pulling Theo Walcott back. Robin Van Persie stepped up and converted to level Thierry Henry's Arsenal record of 34 goals in a calender year, the goal that changed the game as Villa had started the better. Marc Albrighton levelled for Villa nine minutes into the second half, scoring the 20,000th Premier League goal. But Villa's problems at defending set pieces reoccurred as Yossi Benayoun managed to pull away from Gabriel Agbonlahor to head home with three minutes remaining. Alan Hutton then received his second yellow card for a late challenge just moments after getting his first for getting mixed up in a handbag slinging contest, Villa played injury time with ten men. Villa sit twelfth.
Fulham 0-5 Manchester United: Manchester United remain two points behind rivals City but managed to claw two goals back on goal difference. Danny Welbeck opened the scoring after just five minutes when he tapped home a Nani cross. Nani then himself scored with a header after 28 minutes. Ryan Giggs continued his record of scoring in every Premier League season since its inauguration with United's third two minutes before half-time. Wayne Rooney scored the pick of the bunch with a thirty yard strike two minutes time and Dimitar Berbatov added United's fifth with a nonchalant back heel in injury time. Fulham sit four points from relegation in thirteenth.
Newcastle 2-3 West Brom: Newcastle make it six games without a win in a game that could have gone either way. Peter Odemwingie gave the visitors the lead after twenty minutes before Demba Ba equalised fourteen minutes later with a superb free-kick. Gareth McAuley put West Brom back ahead a minute before half-time but Ba was there to equalise again in exquisite style nine minutes from the end. But West Brom weren't to be denied the three points and Paul Scharner secured them five minutes from time with a stretched half volley. Newcastle are now seventh with West Brom eleventh.
QPR 2-3 Sunderland: Martin O'Neill made it two wins from three in another five goal thriller. Nicklas Bendtner broke the deadlock after nineteen minutes. Stephane Sessegnon made it 2-0 with a brilliant individual goal eight minutes into the second half. Heidar Helguson made it 2-1 after 63 minutes before Jamie Mackie equalised four minutes later. Wes Brown won the game for Sunderland with his first goal at the club in the final of normal time. QPR sit two points ahead of relegation on sixteenth with Sunderland just one point and one place above them.
Wigan 0-0 Liverpool: Wigan secured their second unlikely point in a row against Liverpool. Liverpool may have been too caught up in the Suarez race row as the rest of the players warmed up with a Suarez shirt. The point puts Wigan just a point from safety with Liverpool two points behind Arsenal in sixth.
Everton 1-0 Swansea: Swansea have still yet to win away from home with defeat to Everton. The only goal of the game came on the hour mark courtesy of Leon Osman. Everton sit eleventh with a game in hand over their nearest rivals, Swansea are four points ahead of relegation in fourteenth.
Tottenham 1-1 Chelsea: Tottenham remain two points ahead of Chelsea and with a game in a hand with this draw at White Hart Lane. Emmanuel Adebayor was the gleeful recipient of a Gareth Bale cross after eight minutes to give the hosts the lead. Daniel Sturridge equalised after 23 minutes to earn the point.
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