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Aston Villa storm back for a massive win over Chelsea, which sees Unai Emery's side remain well and truly in the title fight with Arsenal and Manchester City.

Villa are back to being just three points off the Gunners ahead of their massive clash on Tuesday, while the Blues are now 13 points off the Mikel Arteta's pace-setters.

GOAL!!

Villa have taken the lead!

Watkins completes his brace after coming off the bench to potentially rescue a massive win to keep them firmly planted in the title race, should they hang on!

Cole Palmer is also removed from the action with less than 20 minutes to go, with Estêvão coming on to replace him.

Chelsea make a triple change of their own to freshen things up...

Villa are now the side pushing, with Rogers again the creative fulcrum as he lays it off for Ian Maatsen in the box, but his effort is palmed away for a corner by Robert Sánchez

GOAL!

Villa have done it! Despite being the lesser of the two sides on the night, Emery's troops clawed back to pull level through Ollie Watkins!

Morgan Rogers once again directly contributes, setting up the England striker for his close-range finish.

A triple change for Villa just before the hour mark...

PLAY RESUMES

We're back at the Bridge for the second half. Will Villa turn up, finally?

HALF-TIME

Chelsea justifiably take a one-nil lead into the half-time interval against Aston Villa, who have been riding their luck all evening across an incredibly tame outing from Unai Emery's troops.

GOAL!

Chelsea finally bag the first goal of the night after a Reece James corner sneaks its way across the line at the near post after deflecting off João Pedro's thigh.

The Blues have been working tirelessly to open the scoring, and it's richly deserved on the run of play.

Bad news for Villa fans out there after Matty Cash enters the book for a foul on Alejandro Garnacho.

The Polish international will miss the club's crunch clash against Arsenal on Tuesday.

It's one-way traffic at Stamford Bridge as we hit the halfway point of the opening 45 minutes of action.

Can Villa withstand the pressure?

CHANCE!

Enzo Fernández curls an effort just wide from 18 yards out after a lovely build-up by Chelsea as the home side looks to break the deadlock.

KICK OFF

Chelsea and Aston Villa get underway at Stamford Bridge, and the Blues already have an early chance to open the scoring through Cole Palmer.

The England international could only see his effort sail wide of Emi Martínez's goal, however.

Chelsea and Aston Villa kick off in ten minutes.

Here are the XIs this evening in case you missed them...

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Arsenal hang on for a narrow win over Brighton to go back atop the Premier League.

Florian Wirtz stars as Liverpool outlast Wolves.

Brentford earn a big home win over Bournemouth, featuring a hat-trick for Kevin Schade.

Fulham leave it late for a critical away win at West Ham.

Burnley hold Everton to a Turf Moor stalemate.

GOAL!

Fulham strike in the dying minutes of the second half in a London derby against West Ham through Raul Jiménez!

Can they hold on late?

GOAL!

Who else but Antoine Semenyo? The Ghanaian gets the Cherries on the board with 15 minutes remaining.

SAVE OF THE SEASON!?

David Raya keeps Brighton out with a brilliant save at full stretch to deny Yankuba Minteh!

GOAL!

Lifeline for Brighton! Diego Gomez slams home the rebound off the post from close range to beat David Raya. That's come from nothing!

GOAL!

Wolves are back in it after cutting the deficit back to a single goal, with Uruguayan centre-back Santiago Bueno making it 2-1

GOAL!

Schade completes his brace on the day to gift Brentford a commanding 3-0 lead against Bournemouth!

Is the German en route to another Premier League hat-trick?

GOAL!

An own goal from Georginio Rutter sees Arsenal take a 2-0 lead.

It's no less than they deserve, after Declan Rice fired a corner kick at the near post.

They do love an own goal lately.

PLAY RESUMES

We're back underway across the grounds for the second half.

Can Arsenal find a second vs Brighton? Will Liverpool bank three points at Anfield? Stay tuned.

HALF-TIME

Arsenal lead thanks to a superb goal from captain Martin Ødegaard.

One minute of madness sees Liverpool take a 2-0 lead into the interval, with Florian Wirtz netting his first goal for the club.

Brentford look comfortable as they lead Bournemouth at the break.

IT'S TWO-NIL!

Florian Wirtz has broken his duck and bagged his first goal for Liverpool!

GOAL!

Liverpool take a late first-half lead through Dutch midfielder Ryan Gravenberch!

GOAL!

Brentford double their advantage in the run-up to the half-time interval thanks to an own goal from Cherries shot-stopper Đorđe Petrović!

If nothing else, Arsenal are not afraid to pass the goalscoring baton around the senior ranks this season.

GOAL!

Arsenal take the lead through captain Martin Ødegaard!

The Norwegian unleashed a low drive from outside the box that found its way into the bottom corner, beating Verbruggen at his near post.

SAKA AGAIN

Arsenal continue their push for an opener against Brighton, with Saka once again getting into a decent goalscoring position on his favoured left foot, but his effort can only blaze over the bar

GOAL!

Brentford break the deadlock against Bournemouth in the seventh minute through German forward Kevin Schade!

Igor Thiago adds to his impressive tally this season with an assist on the Bees' opener.

Touching moment at Anfield, as Liverpool once again honour Diogo Jota's memory.

AND AGAIN!

This time it's Bukayo Saka who has a pop after the England man works his way into the box from a tight angle, with his shot at the near post being turned away by Bart Verbruggen.

EARLY CHANCE

Arsenal scuff a chance to take a 1-0 lead inside the opening two minutes, but summer signing Viktor Gyökeres could only dispatch a tame effort from inside the box.

The Swede has to do better there.

Not the start Arsenal would have hoped for in the build-up, with Riccardo Calafiori picking up a knock in the warm-up. He's replaced my Myles Lewis-Skelly.

With City earning all three points, can Arsenal respond against a tricky Brighton at the Emirates?

Player of the match performance!

FT: Nottingham Forest 1-2 Man City

Into added time...

Five additional minutes to be played at the end of the second half.

Nottingham Forest 1-2 Man City

GOAL! CITY BACK IN FRONT!

A corner from Phil Foden finds Joško Gvardiol, who lays it off for Rayan Cherki to drill it home from the edge of the area. Huge goal!

Nottingham Forest 1-2 Man City

SAVE!

Forest goalkeeper John Victor denies Phil Foden from close range. The chance came after some good build-up play involving Rayan Cherki and Bernardo Silva.

Nottingham Forest 1-1 Man City

All the team news from the 3pm games...

GOAL! FOREST LEVEL!

Fantastic football as Forest work the ball forward on the counter attack. A cross into the box from Jesus finds Hutchinson in space, who smashes it home.

Nottingham Forest 1-1 Man City

In fantastic form!

GOAL! CITY LEAD!

Tijani Reijnders makes a perfectly-timed run to meet a pass from Cherki and rolls an effort into the far corner. Deadlock finally broken!

Nottingham Forest 0-1 Man City

CHANCE!

First opportunity of the second half goes Forest's way. Jesus is brought down by Dias and a free-kick is awarded, but Anderson curls his effort straight to the goalkeeper.

Nottingham Forest 0-0 Man City

KICK OFF!

Back underway for the second half.

HT: Nottingham Forest 0-0 Man City

Into added time..

Just one additional minute to be played at the end of the first half. Think that tells you all you need to know about how quiet this game has been so far!

Nottingham Forest 0-0 Man City

First booking...

Rúben Dias is penalised for a tug on Igor Jesus. The defender is then booked for dissent.

Nottingham Forest 0-0 Man City

City chance...

Pep Guardiola's side have kept the ball well in the last few minutes. Some slick play ended with Phil Foden getting a shot away, but it was easily blocked by the Forest defence.

Nottingham Forest 0-0 Man City

Forest chance!

The hosts have a free-kick and Hutchinson's cross is cleared by the City defence. But, only as far as Domínguez, whose effort dips just over the bar. Still goalless as we approach the 30-minute mark.

Nottingham Forest 0-0 Man City

BLOCK!

First sight of goal for Erling Haaland as he's slipped in by his teammate. He gets a shot away but it's blocked by Nikola Milenković.

Nottingham Forest 0-0 Man City

CHANCE!

First opportunity of the game falls the host's way. A cross from Callum Hudson-Odoi finds Morgan Gibbs-White, but the Forest captain can't connect properly from close range.

Nottingham Forest 0-0 Man City

KICK OFF!

We're underway between Nottingham Forest and Manchester City.

The teams are out at the City Ground...

Kick-off is moments away!

A reminder of the team news from Man City's trip to Nottingham Forest...

Full rundown of today's games...

12pm kick-off

3pm kick-off

5:30pm kick-off

Good morning!

Hope you all had a lovely Christmas. Welcome to today's coverage of the Premier League.

Up first, Manchester City take on Nottingham Forest in the early kick-off before the 3pm matches see both Liverpool and Arsenal in action.

This evening, it's a blockbuster clash between Chelsea and Aston Villa.

Stay tuned!