Summary

  • FT: Leeds 4-1 Palace - In-form Calvert-Lewin scores twice and Ampadu adds third; Devenny replies from spot before Stach grabs fourth

  • FT: Everton 0-1 Arsenal - Gyokeres blasts visitors in front from spot

  • Simons and Romero dismissed as Spurs beaten 2-1 by Liverpool, Isak and Ekitike score before Richarlison pulls one back

  • Haaland (2) and Reijnders give Man City 3-0 win over West Ham to move top

  • Brentford beat winless Wolves, Burnley draw at Bournemouth

  • Sunderland earn point at Brighton

  • Chelsea fight back to draw 2-2 at Newcastle

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Live Reporting

Jess Anderson & Harry Poole

  1. Get Involved: Newcastle unlucky not to get a pen?

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    That's a stone-waller, how on earth is that not a penalty? He hasn't gone shoulder-to-shoulder, he's cleaned him out. If that was knee-to-knee that gets given. What difference does it make that it was his upper thigh? Pathetic inconsistency AGAIN from VAR.

    Tom

    That is one of the worst decisions of the season. That is absolutely outrageous. Sprints through the back of Gordon nowhere near the ball. What on earth are we doing?!

    Callum

  2. Newcastle 2-1 Chelsea

    The mood and momentum of this game has changed now and Newcastle are having a lot of defending to do.

    Eddie Howe looks deep in thought as he tries to work out how to swing the balance of play back his side's way.

  3. Team news - Haaland returns for Man CIty

    Man City v West Ham (15:00 GMT)

    Shamoon Hafez
    Football news reporter at Etihad Stadium

    Man City v West HamBBC Sport

    Manchester City return to full strength by making seven changes to the side that beat Brentford in the Carabao Cup during the week.

    Erling Haaland, Phil Foden, Bernardo Silva, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Matheus Nunes, Ruben Dias and Josko Gvardiol are all back in the starting line-up as expected.

    Divine Musaka, Savinho, Oscar Bobb, Nathan Ake, Abdukodir Khusanov, Rico Lewis and James Trafford drop out.

    Man City XI: Donnarumma, Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O'Reilly, Gonzalez, Silva, Reijnders, Foden, Cherki, Haaland.

    Man City v West HamBBC Sport

    West Ham make three changes to the side beaten at Aston Villa last time out.

    Kyle Walker-Peters, Max Kilman and Ollie Scarles come in for Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Konstantinos Mavropanos and Malick Diouf.

    West Ham XI: Areola, Walker-Peters, Todibo, Kilman, Scarles, Magassa, Potts, Fernandes, Paqueta, Summerville, Bowen.

  4. Get Involved

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    That's why Ramsdale is not first choice goalkeeper. Dude move your feet quickly

    Joseph, Southampton

    The rollercoaster of supporting the toon…

    Mark, Tyne and Wear

  5. SUBSTITUTION

    Newcastle 2-1 Chelsea

    Chelsea make a change as Enzo Fernández is sent on for Malo Gusto, who was on a yellow.

  6. 'Stonewall penalty'

    Newcastle 2-1 Chelsea

    Ally McCoist
    Former Rangers striker on TNT Sports

    I think it's a penalty, I really do. I think he's trying to usher him out but he takes him out.

    It's a penalty, as simple as that. It's a stonewall penalty. I'm staggered at that.

  7. PENALTY APPEAL

    Newcastle 2-1 Chelsea

    Trevoh Chalobah barges into Anthony Gordon inside the box and sends Gordon flying towards the advertising boards in a crumpled heap. Newcastle fans are demanding a penalty, VAR takes a look but nothing given.

  8. 'Beautiful free-kick'

    Newcastle 2-1 Chelsea

    Ally McCoist
    Former Rangers striker on TNT Sports

    It's a brilliant free-kick. And you know the beauty of it? There's not a big run up.

    Beautiful free-kick, it really is.

    Football is amazing. To have start like that and not be in the game at all, if you stay 2-0 down, you have a chance.

  9. 'Almost perfect for Chelsea'

    Newcastle 2-1 Chelsea

    Pat Nevin
    Former Chelsea winger on BBC Radio 5 Live at St. James' Park

    Almost perfect for Chelsea. Goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale does not know which end to cover, beautiful up and down over the wall by Reece James. I said before half time if Chelsea can score it'll really help their psychology.

  10. Newcastle 2-1 Chelsea

    Good defending by Lewis Hall prevents Pedro Neto from getting a shot off after a great cross by Cole Palmer.

  11. Reece James leads by example

    Newcastle 2-1 Chelsea

    Ciaran Kelly
    BBC Sport reporter at St James' Park

    Just the start to the second half that Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca will have wanted.

    What a strike from Reece James as the Chelsea captain leads by example by pulling one back.

    Suddenly the atmosphere feels a little different inside St James' Park as the away end roar: "Reece James - he's one of our own!"

  12. goal

    GOAL - Newcastle 2-1 Chelsea

    Reece James

    Dream start to the second half for Chelsea!

    It is a brilliant free-kick by Reece James, curling it over the wall and into the corner.

    Suddenly it is game on!

    Chelsea's Reece James celebrates scoring their first goal at St. James' Park v Newcastle.Reuters

  13. Newcastle 2-0 Chelsea

    Newcastle had more shots in the first seven minutes of this game than they did in the entirety of last week's derby with Sunderland.

    They needed a big response and have provided it.

  14. 'Lewis Miley has been fantastic'

    Newcastle 2-0 Chelsea

    Pat Nevin
    Former Chelsea winger on BBC Radio 5 Live at St. James' Park

    Lewis Miley has been fantastic, he has stopped Alejandro Garnacho going down the wing and has been great going forward.

  15. KICK-OFF

    Newcastle 2-0 Chelsea

    We're back under way at St James' Park.

  16. Get Involved

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    The stats are showing that Newcastle's players covered more than 600m more (per player) than Chelsea's in that half. That's astonishing and might help explain the score.

    Graham

  17. Aggressive Newcastle return

    HT: Newcastle 2-0 Chelsea

    Ciaran Kelly
    BBC Sport reporter at St James' Park

    You are never quite sure what you are going to get from Newcastle United this season.

    But the hosts looked much more like their usual selves in that first half, and got their reward for aggressive start.

    Newcastle have dropped 11 points from winning positions in the Premier League this season, but Chelsea are going to have to offer so much more in the second half to get back into this.

    Marc Cucurella, like so many team-mates before him, was still having a go at referee Andy Madley at half-time.

    Chelsea's Marc Cucurella remonstrates to referee Andy Madley during Newcastle United v Chelsea.Reuters

  18. Momentum with Newcastle

    HT: Newcastle 2-0 Chelsea

    Match momentum

    The match momentum graph above shows how Newcastle dominated that half, while Chelsea were largely second best until a little spell just before half time.

    The Blues didn't manage a shot on target in the first 45 minutes.

  19. HALF-TIME

    Newcastle 2-0 Chelsea

    Brilliant bit of defending by Lewis Miley just before the whistle to prevent Chelsea getting a corner.

    An excellent 45 minutes from Newcastle but a big improvement needed from Chelsea.

    NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, ENGLANDNick Woltemade of Newcastle United celebrates after scoring Newcastle's second goal during the Premier League match between Newcastle United and Chelsea at St James' Park on December 20, 2025.Getty Images

  20. 'Terrible again from Chelsea'

    Newcastle 2-0 Chelsea

    Pat Nevin
    Former Chelsea winger on BBC Radio 5 Live at St. James' Park

    Chelsea were beginning to dominate, but that question about arrogance, Cole Palmer went down and it's up to the referee to stop the game. But Chelsea just stopped! This is under 11s stuff. You carry on until the referee stops the game. Terrible again from Chelsea.