There were four Premier League games before Tottenham hosted Liverpool in the final top-flight match before Christmas on Sunday.
Chelsea knew victory at Everton would put them a point clear at the top of the table, with the Reds playing at 16:30 GMT.
In games starting at the same time as the showdown at Goodison Park, Manchester United hosted Bournemouth, Wolves traveled to Leicester City and Southampton traveled to Fulham.
101GreatGoals.com brings you all the results from today’s Premier League, including goals, key incidents and table looks.
Just a cool guy scoring at Old Trafford 🍒 pic.twitter.com/UnnyCpseIb
– Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) December 22, 2024
Man United vs Bournemouth: Cherries crush hosts again
Bournemouth claimed their fourth win in a five-game unbeaten run in style, beating Manchester United 3-0 away for a second successive season.
Dean Huijsen opened the scoring with a header in the 30th minute and Justin Kluivert scored a penalty in the 61st minute. Two minutes later, Antoine Semenyo added the third as Bournemouth moved up to fifth, leaving United 13th.
BACK TO BACK WINS 3-0 AT OLD TRAFFORD pic.twitter.com/toY5APo6GP
– AFC Bournemouth 🍒 (@afcbournemouth) December 22, 2024
Tottenham vs Liverpool: Salah strikes twice
Liverpool lead the table by four points after an extraordinary 6-3 victory at Tottenham, including two goals and two assists from Mohamed Salah, who overtook Erling Haaland by two goals as the Premier League’s top scorer.
Luis Diaz also scored twice for the visitors, with Dominik Szoboszlai and Alexis Mac Allister joining them on the scoresheet. James Maddison’s strike made it 2-1, and Dejan Kulusevski and Dominic Solanke scored for Spurs between Liverpool’s fifth and sixth goals.
It’s six o’clock in Liverpool! 😲
This game 🤯 pic.twitter.com/SNmOUAWqCN
– Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) December 22, 2024
Everton vs Chelsea: the Blues miss out on first place
Everton celebrated their takeover by the Friedkin Group this week with a 0-0 draw that left Chelsea a point behind leaders Liverpool with two games in hand.
The visitors dominated possession but the Toffees moved four points clear of the relegation zone with a second successive draw following their stalemate at Arsenal eight days earlier.
Leicester vs Wolves: Pereira on his way to a flyer
Vitor Pereira made a magnificent start to his term with Wolves, with a 3-0 win at Leicester putting his side two points behind the fourth-placed Foxes.
Goncalo Guedes, Rodrigo Gomes and Matheus Cunha scored the first-half goals and increased the concerns of new Leicester boss Ruud van Nistelrooy following his side’s 4-0 defeat at Newcastle on December 14.
Adama Traoré is very close to breaking the deadlock 😲 pic.twitter.com/BwPukKwTv5
– Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) December 22, 2024
Fulham vs Southampton: Juric monitors Saints
New Southampton manager Ivan Juric was in the stands to watch the Saints hold ninth-placed Fulham to a 0-0 draw at Craven Cottage.
Southampton are eight points from safety, having sacked Russell Martin following their 5-0 home defeat to Tottenham a week earlier.
