First misstep by Chelsea. After almost two months of unbeaten, Fulham interrupts the streak of consecutive useful results Blues by Enzo Maresca and beat them 2-1 at Stamford Bridge, while Nottingham Forest closed to -1 from Chelsea and rose to third place. It is the fourth consecutive victory in an extraordinary performance against Postecoglou's Tottenham, an incredible season for the Reds. Hujsen's Bournemouth slows down, only 0-0 with Crystal Palace from lower levels. West Ham makes no mistake, 1-0 at Southampton and first knockout for Ivan Juric at the helm Saints.
PREMIER LEAGUE, 18TH MATCH
Thursday 26 December
Manchester City – Everton 1-1
Bournemouth – Crystal Palace 0-0
Chelsea – Fulham 1-2
Newcastle – Aston Villa 3-0
Nottingham – Tottenham 1-0
Southampton – West Ham 0-1
18:30 Wolves – Manchester Utd
21:00 Liverpool – Leicester
Friday 27 December
20:30 Brighton – Brentford
21:15 Arsenal – Ipswich
THE RANKING
Liverpool 39**
Chelsea 35*
Nottingham Forest 34*
Arsenal 33
Newcastle 29*
Bournemouth 29*
Aston Villa 28*
Fulham 28*
Manchester City 28*
Brighton 25
Tottenham 23*
Brentford 23
Manchester Utd 22
West Ham 23*
Everton 17***
Crystal Palace 17*
Leicester 14
Wolves 12
Ipswich 12
Southampton 6*
*one more game
**two games less
***one game less
