Manchester City vs Crystal Palace: Roy Hodgson's side hand champions major title blow
Re-live the action from the Etihad Stadium
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Champions Manchester City will trail Premier League leaders Liverpool by four points on Christmas Day after a shock 3-2 loss to Crystal Palace.
Andros Townsend scored one of the goals of the season as Roy Hodgson's inspired Palace came from behind to condemn City to their first league defeat at the Etihad Stadium since April.
Townsend struck with a 30-yard volley after Jeffrey Schlupp had cancelled out Ilkay Gundogan's opener on a rain-soaked afternoon.
A penalty from Luka Milivojevic sealed victory although Kevin De Bruyne's cross-cum-shot gave City, who also hit the post through Leroy Sane, late hope.
The defeat was City's second in three league games and handed the title initiative to Liverpool, whom they face on 3 January. Re-live the action in the blog below:
A bit of a battle in the end for Arsenal in a testy lunchtime affair. But three goals and three rather necessary points to go into Christmas in touch with their top-four rivals.
We now turn our attentions to this afternoon's 3pm kick-offs.
Six games for your Christmas consumption in a flurry of festive football today, and the team news is in from each of them, so let's get to it...
Got all of that...
Six intriguing games as the busiest Premier League period of the season gets underway in earnest this afternoon.
We'll keep you abreast of all the big developments around the ground this afternoon, with the goals as they go in...
Leicester go to Chelsea today in search of an away victory, and after a disappointing recent run, Claude Puel has been visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past, having once again lost the dressing room at a mid-table Premier League club.
Reports from the East Midlands suggest the Frenchman may be in trouble...
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