Manchester City head into 2022 sat top of the Premier League following a disrupted festive midweek round of action.
Phil Foden’ s 16th minute flick-in from Kevin De Bruyne endured a narrow away victory at Brentford to keep Man City top for the sixth consecutive matchweek.
Pep Guardiola’s Citizens also extended their lead to eight points after Chelsea climbed to second with a 1-1 draw against Brighton, after Romelu Lukaku’s opening header was cancelled out by Danny Welbeck’s headed injury time equaliser.
Liverpool consequently slipped nine points behind in third after suffering a 1-0 away defeat at Leicester, as Ademola Lookman fired in a 59th minute winner from Kieran Dewsbury-Hall’s pass.
Arsenal remain in fourth place after their home clash against Wolves was postponed due to a Coronavirus outbreak amongst the visiting squad.
Fifth-placed West Ham consequently cut their deficit to Mikel Arteta’s Gunners down to four points as Tomas Soucek, Said Benrahma Mark Noble and Nikola Vlasic all netted in a comeback 4-1 win at Watford.
Down in the relegation zone, Norwich remain rock-bottom after suffering a 3-0 away defeat at Crystal Palace, as Odsonne Edouard provided the opening goal followed by assists for Jean-Philippe Mateta and Jeffrey Schlupp.
Newcastle again sit second-bottom after their trip to Everton was postponed due to a mixture of positive Coronavirus cases and injuries.
Burnley remain third-bottom after suffering a 3-1 defeat away at Manchester United in which Cristiano Ronaldo provided an assist and goal for the Red Devils.
Elsewhere, ten-men Southampton blew an one goal lead to draw 1-1 at home to Tottenham Hotspur as James Ward-Prowse’s opener was cancelled out by Harry Kane’s penalty, after Mohammed Salisu was red carded for a foul on Son Heung-min.
Finally, Leeds’ home clash against Aston Villa was postponed due to a continued unavailability of players within Marcelo Bielsa’s squad.
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