Roundup of latest Premier League action heading into the final international break of 2025.
Brian Brobbey’s 94th-minute volley saw fourth-placed Sunderland hold leaders, Arsenal to a 2-2 draw at the Stadium of Light, after Dan Ballard had fired the Black Cats ahead before Bukayo Saka and Leandro Trossard turned the game around for Mikel Arteta’s Gunners.
First-half goals from Erling Haaland and Nico Gonzalez saw Manchester City stay second with a 3-0 victory at home to Liverpool, as Jeremy Doku wrapped up the win with a 20-yard curled stunner.
Chelsea climbed to third with a 3-0 home win over rock-bottom Wolves as Malo Gusto opened the scoring with his first senior goal, before Joao Pedro and Pedro Neto wrapped up the result as all three goals came in the second half at Stamford Bridge.
Down in the relegation zone, second-bottom Nottingham Forest moved to within one point of safety after Morgan Gibbs-White and Elliot Anderson sealed a 3-1 comeback at home to Leeds, having fell behind to Lukas Nmecha’s opener before Ibrahim Sangare equalised two minutes afterwards.
West Ham stayed third-bottom but only on virtue of goal difference compared to Burnley after they beat the Clarets 3-2 in an East-London thriller, as Callum Wilson, Tomas Soucek and Kyle Walker-Peters scored the decisive goals after Zian Flemming put Burnley ahead before Josh Cullen’s consolatory 97th-minute finish.
Fulham sat 15th and one point above the bottom three after they fell to a 2-0 defeat at Everton through goals from Idrissa Gueye and Michael Keane.
Elsewhere, Matthijs De Ligt’s 96th-minute equaliser rescued Manchester United a 2-2 draw at Tottenham after Mathys Tel and Richarlison turned the game around for the North London club, having fell behind to Bryan Mbeumo’s header.
Iago Thiago’s brace fired Brentford to a 3-1 comeback victory against ten-men Newcastle at home, after Kevin Schade cancelled out Harvey Barnes’ opener whilst Dan Burns was shown a red card for a foul on Dango Ouattara.
Emiliano Buendia, Amadou Onana, Ross Barkley and Donyell Malen found the net as Aston Villa thrashed Bournemouth 4-0 at Villa Park.
Crystal Palace held Brighton to a goalless draw at Selhurst Park.
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