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Manchester City strengthens grip on EPL title by taking 8-point lead

Manchester City's grip on its Premier League title hasn't been this strong all season.

Arsenal manager Arteta tests positive for Covid again, Barca has 3 cases

Arteta's positive test in March 2020 was a key factor in the suspension of the league in the first week of the pandemic

Liverpool loses for second time in EPL, big blow to title hopes

Losses for Liverpool are about as rare as penalty misses by Mohamed Salah. Both happened on Tuesday and, even at the halfway stage of the season, it could cost Jrgen Klopp's team the Premier League title. Liverpool was beaten 1-0 by a patched-up Leicester team and could find itself nine points behind Manchester City heading into the new year, if the leaders win at Brentford on Wednesday. It's a cushion that might prove to be insurmountable given City is on a nine-match winning streak in the league and is looking unstoppable, scoring 17 goals in its last three victories. Liverpool also will soon be without its two star forwards, Salah and Sadio Mane, who are heading to the African Cup of Nations next week. They were granted permission to delay joining up with their national teams ahead of the tournament so they could play for Liverpool over the festive period but they couldn't make the difference at King Power Stadium. Salah won a penalty but saw his weak effort saved by Kasper ...

English Premier League: Tottenham held to draw by 10-man Southampton

Harry Kane's first-half penalty earned Tottenham Hotspur a 1-1 draw against Southampton on Tuesday

Premier League: Cavani earns a point for Manchester United at Newcastle

Edinson Cavani came off the bench to mark his first Premier League appearance since October with the equaliser as Manchester United drew 1-1 at Newcastle United on Monday

Premier League managers frustrated at 3-sub rule as Covid-19 cases bite

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp became the latest Premier League manager to express his frustration at being allowed to make only three substitutions during a match at a busy time

Glut of goals, cancelations leave Manchester City controlling EPL

Coronavirus cancelations aside, the 26 goals in just five of the Premier League's Boxing Day games provided a heavy dose of drama even without changing the complexion of the title race. Even Manchester City, coasting at 4-0 after 25 minutes, managed to shake things up with a 10-minute second-half implosion to end up delivering a nine-goal thriller. The 6-3 win over Leicester left the defending champions six points in front. Second-place Liverpool does have a game in hand on City after the COVID-19 outbreak at Leeds meant that was one of three games postponed on Sunday. And Chelsea is now level on points with Liverpool after coming from behind to beat Aston Villa 3-1. Arsenal is six points further back but in high-scoring form, routing last-place Norwich 5-0. Arsenal's grip on fourth isn't so secure because Tottenham, which beat Crystal Palace 3-0, is six points adrift but with three games in hand after coronavirus and snow postponements this month. West Ham was dislodged from fifth

Leeds, Wolves Covid outbreaks lead to more Premier League postponements

Leeds and Wolverhampton have secured Premier League approval for further matches to be postponed due to coronavirus outbreaks in squads

Romelu Lukaku ends goal drought in Chelsea's 3-1 win at Aston Villa

Jorginho scored two penalties and Romelu Lukaku netted his first Premier League goal since September to lead Chelsea's comeback for a 3-1 victory over Aston Villa.

Matchday: Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City, Spurs play on Boxing Day

A look at what's happening in European soccer on Sunday with the Premier League the only major competition in action with its Boxing Day program

EPL: City hope to extend winning run on Covid-marred Boxing Day

Boxing Day is usually the busiest Day in English football with all Premier League clubs in action

Eddie Nketiah treble, Patino debut goal as Arsenal advances in cup

Even after scoring a hat trick for Arsenal, Eddie Nketiah was momentarily upstaged by another academy graduate. It's not often a teenager scores on his debut

Matchday: Arsenal hosts Sunderland in League Cup; Barca at Sevilla

A look at what's happening in European soccer on Tuesday

Premier League plays on, urging 16% of players unvaccinated get jabbed

Premier League clubs decided against pausing the season despite 10 fixtures being postponed in the previous week due to the most widespread coronavirus outbreaks to date across squads.

Premier League: City win another match to maintain lead at the top

Their eighth successive win also set a new record for victories (34) in a calendar year

Premier League clubs to meet as Covid wreaks havoc with weekend fixtures

Saturday's match between Burnley and Aston Villa was the latest to fall victim to the virus and was cancelled just two-and-a-half hours before the scheduled kick off

Premier League: Arsenal's youngsters show there's life after Aubameyang

With Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang dropped following his latest disciplinary breach, Arsenal needed other attackers to step up for its big Premier League match against top-four rival West Ham

Aubameyang stripped of Arsenal captaincy following disciplinary breach

Gunners head coach Arteta said: "Unfortunately [he's been dropped] due to a disciplinary breach"

Man United game postponed as EPL reports highest weekly Covid cases

The English Premier League reported its highest weekly coronavirus infections as Manchester United's meeting with Brentford became the second match in three days to be postponed due to outbreaks.

4-0 loss exposes Newcastle frailty amid EPL relegation fight

January cannot come quick enough for Newcastle.