Football Tracker: Arsenal beaten by West Ham as Brighton stun Spurs
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23:08 GMT - We're wrapping up another fun round of Premier League action but there's plenty more to come over the next couple of days.
Thanks for joining us this evening and see you soon!
22:55 GMT - Arsenal apparently had 77 touches in the opposition box against West Ham - the most a team has had without scoring since Opta's records began.
22:53 GMT - No fireworks just yet from Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta, who felt his side deserved more tonight.
"We could not get what I think we deserved," Arteta told Amazon Prime.
"We are where we are. I feel we are in a really good position."
Regarding the VAR incident prior to West Ham's first goal, the Spaniard said "he has not seen it."
22:35 GMT - Brighton boss Roberto De Zerbi was beaming with pride after his side's well-earned 4-2 victory over Tottenham tonight:
"I think this season it was the best performance," De Zerbi told the BBC.
"Not just for Joao Pedro and Billy Gimour, I am speaking in general for Brighton.
"You can't forget we are Brighton. Sometimes they forget we are Brighton. We are not Manchester United, Manchester City, Newcastle or Arsenal, we are still Brighton."
22:31 GMT - There was plenty of controversy surrounding West Ham's first goal, and we eagerly await what Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta will have to say about it this time.
While we wait for that with bated breathe, here's what Hammers star Jarrod Bowen had to say about it after his side's big win at the Emirates:
"I haven't seen it. It's difficult because the ball was in the air. It was hard to tell," Bowen told Amazon Prime.
"It would have been easier to tell if it had been on the ground.
"We need to take one game at a time. It sounds boring but we have to keep getting results."
22:26 GMT - Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou felt his side looked tired in their defeat to Brighton this evening:
"It is fair to say we looked like a tired team today, which is understandable," he told the BBC.
"We've asked a lot of these players for a very long time and we lacked a little bit of energy today.
"They are a good team and we struggled to cope with them. We hung in there and that's all you can ask for, they left everything out there."
22:15 GMT - Stick with us for some reaction to tonight's thrilling games coming up shortly...
In the meantime, here's how the Premier League table looks after those results:
22:12 GMT - It doesn't matter though - there's the full-time whistle.
A massive result on the road for West Ham as Arsenal miss the chance to move top.
Catch up with our full report right here.
22:11 GMT - Late penalty in the 95th minute for West Ham but David Raya saves Said Benrahma's effort.
21:58 GMT - Big penalty shout for Arsenal as it appears Bukayo Saka is tripped in the area. VAR is checking it...
No pen, play continues!
21:57 GMT - The Gunners are pressing for a way back into the game but keep spurning their chances.
Liverpool and Man City fans are probably vigorously cheering on West Ham watching right now...
21:35 GMT - Goal! Konstantinos Mavropano towers a header from a James Ward-Prowse corner to put West Ham 2-0 up against his former club.
Looking like a bad night all round for the north London sides!
21:33 GMT - Full-time and after some late scares Brighton run out as 4-2 winners against Tottenham.
Read our full report from the match here.
21:23 GMT - The second half is underway at Emirates.
Meanwhile, there are nine minutes added on at Brighton, with Spurs creating plenty of chances.
21:17 GMT - Goal! Ben Davies gets on to a Pedro Porro cross to make it Brighton 4-2 Spurs.
We've played 85 minutes at the Amex...
21:13 GMT - Goal! A big moment for Alejo Veliz who scores his first goal for Tottenham.
Consolation.
21:07 GMT - It's half-time at the Emirates and Arsenal still trail to a controversial West Ham goal.
21:06 GMT - Goal! Joao Pedro scores his eighth penalty of the campaign. It's 4-0!
From bad to worse for Tottenham.
21:05 GMT - Penalty! Giovani Lo Celso fouls Evan Ferguson in the box.
Joao Pedro has the ball in his hands...
20:56 GMT - Goal! Pervis Estupinan scores an absolute screamer that dips into the top corner over Vicario moments after Richarlison has his second goal of the night ruled out for offside.
Brighton have resisted the Spurs pressure and now have a very comfortable 3-0 lead.
20:34 GMT - VAR had a look at that one for about three minutes after. They were looking to see if the ball had gone out of play in the build-up but with no conclusive evidence, the goal stands.
20:30 GMT - Goal! Tomas Soucek hammers it home for the Hammers who are leading Arsenal at the Emirates.
20:22 GMT - Half-time between Brighton and Spurs with the hosts two goals up.
20:17 GMT - Richarlison's turn to hit the post now - not Tottenham's night thus far.
20:16 GMT - Five minutes added on at the Amex and we're underway at the Emirates.
20:03 GMT - Tottenham are reeling here - James Milner has just rattled the post from distance.
19:54 GMT - Goal! Joao Pedro steps up and slots the penalty home.
It's 2-0 to Brighton, Spurs looking like they're in trouble now after a positive start.
19:52 GMT - Penalty to Brighton, Dejan Kulusevski pulls Welbeck down in the area seconds after the hosts hit the post.
VAR has taken a fair bit of time to come to what seems a pretty obvious decision.
19:43 GMT - Goal! Brighton have the lead!
The ball finds its way to youngster Jack Hinshelwood who hammers it past Vicario in the Spurs goal.
It's 1-0 to the Seagulls.
19:40 GMT - It's been a fast start for both sides and Danny Welbeck has forced Guglielmo Vicario into an excellent save.
Meanwhile, the line-ups are in for the big London derby between Arsenal and West Ham.
Follow that game live from 8.15pm.
19:30 GMT - We're underway in a windy-looking Amex Stadium!
18:50 GMT - The line-ups are in for Brighton against Spurs and there are starts for Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and Emerson Royal for the visitors.
Injury-hit Brighton give a start to Facundo Buonanotte.
Follow the action live from 7.30pm here.
17:27 GMT - Brighton manager Roberto De Zerbi expects to be without wingers Kaoru Mitoma and Simon Adingra for between four to six weeks in the latest blows to his injury-hit squad.
The pair are among up to 10 Seagulls players set to miss Thursday's match at home to Premier League high-flyers Tottenham.
17:18 GMT - Vice-captain Cristian Romero is the latest player on the injury list at Tottenham and will miss at least a month's action due to a hamstring strain.
"If we can do business early, it's great for us. Not just because of losing Romero but there's a whole month there – why waste it?" Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou told reporters ahead of Thursday's trip to Brighton.
Read more from Postecoglou here.
17:11 GMT - Tottenham are looking for their fourth win on the bounce and could climb to third in the table with victory this evening.
They take on an out-of-form and injury-hit Brighton at 7.30pm - expect a few goals in this one!
17:08 GMT - Arsenal could end the day top of the Premier League with a victory over West Ham tonight.
Kick-off is at 8.15pm.
17:00 GMT - Welcome back to the Football Tracker!
We have two tasty-looking matches for you this evening as Tottenham travel down to Brighton and Arsenal host West Ham in an all-London affair.
Wednesday, December 27th
23:20 GMT - That's a wrap for tonight but join us again tomorrow for Brighton v Spurs and Arsenal v West Ham.
23:09 GMT - Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola was pleased to return home and pick up a hard-fought win:
"We have standards to keep, that makes us have more responsibility so the standards cannot go down," Guardiola said to Amazon Prime after beating Everton.
"I thought the first half was really good. In the second half we had to attack quicker with wingers and runners and we did really well.
"They showed again how special they are."
22:52 GMT - Sean Dyche was not a particularly happy bunny after a controversial handball decision against Everton's Amadou Onana resulted in a penalty being scored by Manchester City:
"He's not putting his arm up to save it, he's literally jumping in to try to block the ball," Dyche told Amazon Prime.
"How that is given as a penalty is bizarre in my world but I must be from a different planet."
22:45 GMT - Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino will be relieved to get three points back up on the board:
"We created many chances. I am really pleased with the performance," Pochettino told the BBC.
"You need to adapt to the team and it's an important step for Christopher Nkunku.
"We're positive and we need to show that we can compete."
22:39 GMT - Phil Foden took matters into his own hands to spark Man City's revival tonight at Goodison Park:
22:36 GMT - Hee-Chan Hwang had a very productive first half before being forced off with an injury against Brentford:
22:25 GMT - Wolves boss Gary O’Neil told the BBC that his side were "clinical" and "worked their socks off" during their 4-1 rout of Brentford.
"It was obviously tough with the quick turnaround but the lads were excellent, they worked their socks off, looked together and big quality to take our opportunities.
“We were really clinical, Matheus Cunha at the end there when he has got an opportunity to shoot, he squares it to a Jean with a perfect pace so Jean can finish it first time."
22:22 GMT - Speaking after their defeat to Chelsea, Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson felt his side deserved more from the match:
"I don't accept the carving of defences was purely Chelsea," Hodgson told Amazon Prime.
"We had equally as many chances as Chelsea. We took the game to Chelsea for the bulk of the time in the second half.
"We can count ourselves very unfortunate to have lost. We have to accept as coaches that there are two referees - one on the pitch and one in a studio somewhere. It's a fact of football life at the moment."
22:10 GMT - Full-time and Manchester City are back in the top four with a 3-1 come-from-behind victory against Everton.
Read our report from their win here.
22:01 GMT - Goal! Four minutes left to play and Bernardo Silva takes advantage of a poor clearance to dink the ball over into an empty net.
It's 3-1 and probably game over.
21:38 GMT - Goal! Pickford gets a hand to Julian Alvarez's penalty but it still sneaks through.
City have turned it around and it's now 2-1.
21:36 GMT - Penalty for Manchester City after a handball in the box!
21:32 GMT - It's also full-time between Brentford and Wolves and it's ended 4-1 to the visitors - a night to forget for the Bees.
21:29 GMT - Full-time at Stamford Bridge and it's a much-needed 2-1 win for Chelsea over Crystal Palace.
21:27 GMT - Goal! Take a bow Phil Foden!
The England man picks the ball up some 25 yards out and belts the ball past his international teammate Jordan Pickford in the Everton goal. It's now 1-1.
21:19 GMT - It's given, and Noni Madueke steps up to calmly convert in the 89th minute. It's 2-1 Chelsea!
21:18 GMT - Penalty to Chelsea? VAR is having a look...
21:15 GMT - Goal! Great play by Matheus Cunha, who releases Jean-Ricner Bellegarde in space on the edge of the box. He spots the keeper off his line and coolly puts the ball into the bottom left corner. It's 4-1 to Wolves, a great day for Gary O'Neil's side!
21:05 GMT - Half-time at Goodison and despite an onslaught from the champions it remains 1-0 to Everton against Man City.
No change in the scores elsewhere as they enter the final 15 minutes.
20:45 GMT - Goal! Everton pick the pocket of Rodri in Man City's box and the ball is squared to Jack Harrison, who taps home to give the Toffees the lead despite having barely a 25 per cent share of possession.
It's 1-0 to Everton!
20:26 GMT - Bit of a worry for Wolves as Hee-Chan Hwang, scorer of two of their goals, had to go off injured just before the half-time whistle.
20:18 GMT - Goal! Sucker punch just before half-time as an excellent ball finds Michael Olise free in the box, who controls nicely and arrows it home.
It's 1-1 between Chelsea and Crystal Palace.
20:05 GMT - The line-ups are in for Everton v Manchester City, which kicks off in about 10 minutes.
Follow that game live right here.
20:01 GMT - Goal! Wolves are now 3-1 up and it's Hee-Chan Hwang again, who finishes superbly inside the area.
19:52 GMT - Meanwhile at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea have gone a goal up as Mykhailo Mudryk connects with a pass inside the box and slams home into the bottom right corner.
19:48 GMT - Goals goals goals!
Wolves race into a two-goal lead with two goals in two minutes against Brentford through Mario Lemina and then Hee-Chan Hwang, but the hosts respond almost straight away via Yoane Wissa. It's 2-1 to Wolves, all three goals came in the space of four minutes.
19:32 GMT - We are underway in the games taking place in London!
18:35 GMT - Check out the team sheets for Brentford v Wolves and Chelsea v Crystal Palace:
Follow Brentford v Wolves here.
Follow Chelsea v Crystal Palace live right here.
18:08 GMT - We'll have team news for the two fixtures at 19:30 in just over 20 minutes!
17:15 GMT - Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said on Wednesday that the Gunners are unlikely to allow players to leave in the January transfer window as the club are short in some positions while they also have targets in mind for new recruits.
Read more here.
16:00 GMT - Here's a reminder of the three Premier League fixtures we'll be bringing you updates for tonight:
Chelsea v Crystal Palace - 19:30
Everton v Manchester City - 20:15
14:28 GMT - The winners of the Flashscore Awards 2023 have been announced! After votes from over 50 journalists from 13 countries, find out who won each category below:
13:00 GMT - Tottenham Hotspur boss Ange Postecoglou revealed Wednesday he'd been dealt another injury setback when confirming Cristian Romero will miss the next four to five weeks with a hamstring strain.
Get the full story here.
11:20 GMT - Newcastle right-back Kieran Trippier has said that the team have failed to live up to their standards this season, adding that his own performances had declined as his eighth-placed side suffered a fourth defeat in their last five Premier League matches.
"The standards we have set throughout the last 18 months, we have come away from them a little bit in the last few games," Trippier told Amazon Prime. "My standards have dropped, and my own performances have been nowhere near recently.
Read more here.
10:05 GMT - Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said Diogo Jota is a crucial player for the Premier League leaders after the Portuguese forward returned from injury, as the squad prepares to lose Egypt captain Mohamed Salah to the Africa Cup of Nations.
"Diogo is an incredibly important player for us. Having him changed the whole dynamic," Klopp said.
Read more here.
09:02 GMT - Aston Villa manager Unai Emery said his side lost an "amazing opportunity" to seize all three points against Manchester United after the Midlands club surrendered a two-goal lead in the Premier League on Tuesday.
"It's the first half of the season and it's been brilliant the way we did. We lost an amazing opportunity tonight to be with three points more after the first 60 minutes we played," Emery said.
Get the full story here.
08:40 GMT - Two days after British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe struck a deal to take a minority stake at Manchester United, his right-hand man Dave Brailsford saw the best and worst of the team who clawed back from two goals down in a 3-2 win over Aston Villa.
Brailsford, INEOS's director of sport who has been named a director of United since the Ratcliffe deal was done, sat in the director's box for Tuesday's much-needed victory, signalling a fresh start that manager Erik ten Hag said he welcomes.
"We are looking forward, I think it's positive for the club that they are stepping in," Ten Hag told reporters. "They have a lot of experience in sport on the highest level, F1, the cycling team (INEOS Grenadiers), other football clubs, so it can only help and support us to get our targets."
Read more here.
08:35 GMT - Good morning and welcome back to the Football Tracker! There's three more Premeir League games tonight - get a preview for each fixture here!
Take a look at the Boxing Day results and the upcoming matches down below.
