2016-17 Barclays Premier League Monday Dec 26,2016

Watford Vs Crystal Palace
The Match ended in a 1-1 draw

Arsenal Vs WBA
Arsenal beats WBA 1-0

Burnley Vs Middlesbrough
Burnley beats Middlesbrough 1-0

Chelsea Vs Bournemouth
Chelsea beats Bournemouth 3-0

Goal Scorers - Pedro(24);Eden Hazard(49th minute penalty)and Steve Cook (90+3 own goal)

Without Costa to lead the line, and the Blues £33m Belgium striker Michy Batshuayi again left on the bench, Antonio Conte went with a front three of Hazard, Willian and Pedro.

Chelsea moved seven points clear at the top of the table by beating Bournemouth to set a club record of 12 straight Premier League wins.

Cesc Fabregas set up Pedro to break the deadlock with a deflected shot that looped into the top corner.

Eden Hazard capped an impressive display by making it 2-0 from the spot after he was brought down by Simon Francis.

Chelsea added a third goal deep in injury time when Pedro's shot hit Steve Cook and the ball span over the line.

• Antonio Conte is the first Premier League manager to win 15 of his first 18 games in the competition
• Bournemouth have lost three of their past four Premier League games, conceding three goals in each defeat
• Eden Hazard is the sixth player to score 50 Premier League goals for Chelsea after Frank Lampard, Didier Drogba, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Gianfranco Zola and Eidur Gudjohnsen
• Only Hasselbaink (84), Drogba (106) and Gudjohnsen (153) reached 50 Premier League goals for Chelsea in fewer games than Hazard (155)
• Cesc Fabregas has provided 98 assists in the Premier League; only Wayne Rooney (101), Frank Lampard (102) and Ryan Giggs (162) have more in the competition's history

Leicester City Vs Everton
Everton beats Leicester City 20

Manchester United Vs Sunderland
Manchester United beats Sunderland 3-1

Goal Scorers
For Manchester United - Daley Blind(39);Zlatan Ibrahimovic(82)and  Mkhitaryan(86)
For Sunderland - Fabio Borini(90+1)

Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored a memorable goal as Manchester United beat struggling Sunderland to record their fourth successive Premier League win

United were the dominant side - enjoying 63% of possession and having a total of 25 shots on goal - but only a first-half Daley Blind effort separated the teams until the final 10 minutes.

Substitute Mkhitaryan added gloss to the scoreline with a brilliant backheeled 12-yard volley, which manager Jose Mourinho described as "phenomenal", though replays suggested the Armenian was offside.

It is a victory which draws United level with fifth-placed Tottenham, although the north Londoners have a game in hand, against Southampton on Wednesday.

Fabio Borini scored a wonderful late consolation for Sunderland, but defeat - their third in four games - leaves the Black Cats two points adrift of safety.

• Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been involved in 14 Premier League goals this season (12 goals, 2 assists) - at least eight more than any other Manchester United player.
• Fabio Borini netted his first Premier League goal since May (against Chelsea).
• Jose Mourinho has won four Premier League games in a row for the first time since April 2015, with Chelsea.
• All three of Paul Pogba's assists in the Premier League this season have been for Ibrahimovic goals.
• Mourinho's Premier League win rate at Man Utd is now 50%, the same as David Moyes' in his tenure at Old Trafford.

Swansea City Vs West Ham United
West Ham United beats Swansea City 4-1

Hull City Vs Manchester City
Manchester City beats Hull City 3-0
Goal Scorere - Yaya Toure(72nd minute penalty);Kelechi Ileanacho(780and Curtis Davies(90+4 own goal)

Manchester City climbed to second place in the Premier League with a workmanlike victory over bottom side Hull City

Pep Guardiola's visitors were far from their free-flowing best en route to their 12th win of the season, but were nevertheless good value for a victory that keeps them seven points behind leaders Chelsea.

Yaya Toure's penalty, awarded after Andrew Robertson's clumsy challenge on Raheem Sterling, set the visitors on their way before Kelechi Iheanacho added a second from close range and Curtis Davies conceded an own goal in the last few seconds.

• Manchester City have won three consecutive Premier league games for the first time since their run of six from the start of the current season (which ended in September)
• Hull have won just one of their last 16 top-flight games, drawing three and losing 12
• City registered just their second clean sheet in their last 12 top flight away games
• Only Jamie Vardy (10) has won more penalties in the Premier League since the start of the 2013/14 season than Raheem Sterling (7)
• David Silva (61) has provided more Premier League assists than any other player in the competition since his debut in August 2010
• Kelechi Iheanacho has netted 12 Premier League goals from just 19 shots on target