EPL Gameweek 16: Sunday football - As it happened...

By Jayanta Oinam | Last Updated: Monday, December 14, 2015 - 00:17

Arsenal went a point clear of City and Leicester and three points above fourth-place Manchester United, who lost 2-1 at Bournemouth on Saturday. Liverpool came from behind to hold visiting West Brom at home.

13 December 2015, 23:57 PM

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13 December 2015, 23:22 PM

Liverpool (Henderson 21', Origi 90+6') 2 - 2 (Dawson 31', Olsson 74'): A fruititious deflection from a Divock Origi long ranger helped Liverpool equalised with seconds remaining in the match at Anfield.

13 December 2015, 23:21 PM

13 December 2015, 23:21 PM

Tottenham (Dier39') 1 - 2 (Mitrovic 74', Perez 90+3') Newcastle: Ayoze Perez, who came in for de Jong at the hour mark, probably steal all three points from the spurs with a brilliant goal.

13 December 2015, 23:09 PM

13 December 2015, 23:09 PM

Liverpool (Henderson 21') 1 - 2 (Dawson 31', Olsson 74') West Brom: Jurgen Klopp has made his second substitution. Injured Dejan Lovren replaced by Divock Origi (79'). Seven minutes ago, he brout in Philippe Coutinho in for Jordan Ibe.

13 December 2015, 22:50 PM

Liverpool (Henderson 21') 1 - 2 (Dawson 31', Olsson 74') West Brom: The visitors have taken the lead, with Jonas Olsson completing a great header.

Tottenham (Dier39') 1 - 1 (Mitrovic 74') Newcastle: Aleksandar Mitrovic scored to give the Toons a lifeline, from a Chancel Mbemba delivery.

13 December 2015, 22:48 PM

Tottenham (Dier39') 1 - 0 Newcastle: Substitution for Newcastle. Siem De Jong replaced by Ayoze Perez (63').

13 December 2015, 22:47 PM

No change in score-sheets at the hour mark.

Liverpool (Henderson 21') 1 - 2 (Dawson 31', Olsson 45+1') West Brom
Tottenham (Dier39') 1 - 0 Newcastle

13 December 2015, 22:18 PM

13 December 2015, 22:18 PM

13 December 2015, 22:07 PM

Tottenham (Dier39') 1 - 0 Newcastle: Great header from Eric Dier. Spurs' relentless pressure paid rich dividends, took the lead thanks to a corner.

13 December 2015, 22:07 PM

13 December 2015, 22:00 PM

Tottenham 0 - 0 Newcastle: Jack Colback booked (31'), first for the match, even as both the sides try to break the deadlock in London.

13 December 2015, 22:00 PM

Liverpool (Henderson 21') 1 - 1 (Dawson 31') West Brom: Craig Dawson have equalized for the visitors.

13 December 2015, 21:59 PM

13 December 2015, 21:57 PM

Liverpool (Henderson 21') 1 - 0 West Brom: At Anfield, the Reds have taken the lead with a Jordan Henderson goal off Adam Lallana delivery.

But, it's nil-nil at White Hart Lane even after 30 mins of action.

13 December 2015, 20:51 PM

13 December 2015, 20:49 PM

13 December 2015, 20:49 PM

Aston Villa 0 - 2 (Giroud (P) 8', Ramsey 38') Arsenal: Additional 4 mins will be played.

13 December 2015, 20:43 PM

In between, here's the team news for the next matches

Liverpool vs West Brom:

Tottenham vs Newcastle:

13 December 2015, 20:43 PM

Aston Villa 0 - 2 (Giroud (P) 8', Ramsey 38') Arsenal: Final Sub for Villa. Adama Traore on for Scott Sinclair. 87'.

13 December 2015, 20:40 PM

Aston Villa 0 - 2 (Giroud (P) 8', Ramsey 38') Arsenal: Mesut Ozil substituted with four minutes into the regulation time. Calum Chambers on for the World Cup winner from Germany. Moments ago, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain wasted a chance to score, playing alone, when Giroud was there for a set-up.

13 December 2015, 20:33 PM

Aston Villa 0 - 2 (Giroud (P) 8', Ramsey 38') Arsenal: Gunners have controlled the match in the last five minutes or so, winning lots of second balls and also an corner. 84'. Minutes ago, Villa have had their second Sub. Idrissa Gueye made way for Jack Grealish.

13 December 2015, 20:27 PM

Aston Villa 0 - 2 (Giroud (P) 8', Ramsey 38') Arsenal: Carlos Sanchez, who was already wearing a protective mask, received a knock and is being attended by medical staff. 76'.

13 December 2015, 20:20 PM

Aston Villa 0 - 2 (Giroud (P) 8', Ramsey 38') Arsenal: Corner to Villa in the 70th minute. Alan Hutton, from the right flank, delivered a cross, which was headed away by Per Mertesacker. Then, it was followed by another three corners. And it ended with a directionless Idrissa Gueye long ranger.

13 December 2015, 20:13 PM

Aston Villa 0 - 2 (Giroud (P) 8', Ramsey 38') Arsenal: Double substitution for Arsenal. Joel Campbell is replaced by Kieran Gibbs. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain on for Theo Walcott. 64'.

13 December 2015, 20:12 PM

Aston Villa 0 - 2 (Giroud (P) 8', Ramsey 38') Arsenal: Substitution for Villa. Carles Gil on for Rudy Gestede, 57'.

13 December 2015, 20:12 PM

Aston Villa 0 - 2 (Giroud (P) 8', Ramsey 38') Arsenal: Some desperate defending from the Gunners. Cech was forced to scrambled with a hurried kick, which almost found an opponent, but luckily the Villa player slipped, giving enough time to recover. 55'.

13 December 2015, 20:08 PM

Aston Villa 0 - 2 (Giroud (P) 8', Ramsey 38') Arsenal: A decent attempt from Carlos Sanchez, which curled just enough to hit the target, but a vigilant Petr Cech was there to save it. Villans have shown the intent, covering lots of ground and also making attempts. In between Giroud won a corner, from an counter, in the 52nd minute.

13 December 2015, 20:02 PM

Aston Villa 0 - 2 (Giroud (P) 8', Ramsey 38') Arsenal: Second half action begins. No change for either side in the change-over.

13 December 2015, 19:39 PM

HALF-TIME: Aston Villa 0 - 2 (Giroud (P) 8', Ramsey 38') Arsenal

13 December 2015, 19:36 PM

Aston Villa 0 - 2 (Giroud (P) 8', Ramsey 38') Arsenal: Beauty of a team goal from Arsenal. Aaron Ramsey got to slot home from a counter attack, which involved at least five Arsenal players. A self-less Mesut Ozil laid the ball in the path of Ramsey, who just needed to put connect. And people are leaving the stadium.

13 December 2015, 19:34 PM

Aston Villa 0 - 1 (Giroud (P) 8') Arsenal: 17 years ago, Villa beat Arsenal after two down at half time. It was the last time, they beat the Gunners at home. But their most recent win came in August 2013, away.

13 December 2015, 19:33 PM

Aston Villa 0 - 1 (Giroud (P) 8') Arsenal: Hector Bellerin won a free-kick inside the Villa half after he was held back by two home players (34'). But from the resulting set-play, Mesut Ozil failed to create a chance.

13 December 2015, 19:27 PM

13 December 2015, 19:18 PM

Aston Villa 0 - 1 (Giroud (P) 8') Arsenal: Leandro Bacuna almost equalised for Villa, but his attempted lob from just outside the Arsenal box was thwarted by Petr Cech thanks to a jumping block (21')

 

13 December 2015, 19:14 PM

Aston Villa 0 - 1 (Giroud (P) 8') Arsenal: Villans have somehow managed to control the flow of the game despite trailing the Gunners. Just won a free-kick, in the 18th minute, but failed to capitalise.

13 December 2015, 19:08 PM

13 December 2015, 19:07 PM

Aston Villa 0 - 1 (Giroud (P) 8') Arsenal: Theo Walcott won a penalty, after much deliberation among the match officials, in the eighth minute. And Olivier Giroud converted from the spot.

13 December 2015, 18:13 PM

Starting line-ups for the Aston Villa-Arsenal match:

13 December 2015, 18:13 PM

Today's fixture:

7:00 PM IST: Aston Villa vs Arsenal 
9:30 PM IST: Liverpool vs West Brom
9:30 PM IST: Tottenham vs Newcastle