Watford vs Tottenham: Latest score and updates from Vicarage Road
Spurs can go third with a victory
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Your support makes all the difference.Tottenham have the opportunity to jump into third place in the Premier League, albeit temporarily, when they face Watford at Vicarage Road.
Spurs are level on points with Manchester United in fifth but could jump ahead of Manchester City on goal difference if they win against the Hornets, with fourth-placed Arsenal to play later on Sunday.
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New Year’s Eve Premier League results:
Burnley 4-1 Sunderland
Chelsea 4-2 Stoke
Leicester City 1-0 West Ham
Manchester United 2-1 Middlesbrough
Southampton 1-2 West Brom
Swansea 0-3 Bournemouth
Liverpool 1-0 Manchester City
69 mins: More good football from the Gunners as Monreal crosses and the ball pings behind off a defender. Goal-kick given, however, as the referee thinks it went out off Giroud.
71 mins: Sanchez has got behind the Palace defence so often this afternoon, it really is poor from the visitors. This time the marauding Chilean pulls the ball back from the byline for Xhaka, who shoots but his effort is blocked.
72 mins: With the game all-but safe Wenger makes two changes as Elneny comes off for Coquelin and Ramsey replaces Perez.Sadly for Palace, Sanchez is still on the pitch...
77 mins: Iwobi, scorer of Arsenal's second goal, goes off and is replaced by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain for the final 13 minutes.
79 mins: Almost 3-0 as Sanchez crosses, Giroud misses it and Hennessey has to stick out an arm to prevent the ball ending up in the bottom corner.
81 mins: Oxlade-Chamberlain burns past his man and delivers a low cross that Kelly scrapes away.
At the other end Monreal hauls down Zaha in full flight and is booked for his troubles.
83 mins: Arsenal look in total control as the game drifts into the final five minutes. Palace had a brief spell where they looked dangerous - how different the game could have been if Benteke had scored that header.
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