中华时报欧洲报道（刘颖 赵雪湄）最新一轮英超联赛适逢圣诞前夕，自然笼罩了一层节日的气氛，赢家欢天喜地仿佛获得圣诞礼物一般。利物浦以7-0大胜水晶宫，表明他们不会轻言放弃争夺联赛冠军。曼城以1-0击败南安普敦。埃弗顿2-1战胜阿森纳，纽卡斯尔联和富勒姆打成了平局，圣诞老人面前，算是握手言和。谢菲联在与布莱顿1-1战平。莱斯特城以2-0击败托特纳姆热刺。曼联队6-2横扫利兹联。阿斯顿维拉3-0击败西布朗。
再来看其他比赛，斯托克城1-0击败布莱克本，继续保持着昂扬的状态，在被哈德斯菲尔德2-0击败之后，沃特福德解雇了经理伊维奇。
这周将进行卡拉宝杯（英格兰足球联盟杯）四分之一决赛：布伦特福德PK纽卡斯尔；阿森纳对决曼城； 斯托克城VS托特纳姆热刺，埃弗顿迎战曼联。
在西班牙，巴萨与瓦伦西亚2-2战成平局。 梅西成为球队最高得分手，他的643个进球平了贝利保持的历史纪录，但他也错过了点球！ 在3-1击败埃尔切之后，马德里竞技仍然在西甲中保持领先。
Liverpool showed that they will not give up the title of Champions easily with a 7-0 demolition of Crystal Palace. The Palace team did not play badly, they were just overwhelmed by the power of the Liverpool team and as the manager said, the defeat was humiliating.
Manchester City defeated improving Southampton by 1-0. Arsenal’s dreadful season continued with a 2-1 defeat at Everton which leaves them just four points above the relegation zone and manager Arteta admitting that his position is under threat if results such as this continue.Newcastle managed a draw with Fulham after the decision from VAR awarded them a penalty.
Sheffield United gained only their second point of the season with a 1-1 draw at Brighton. Sheffield played 50 minutes with 10 men after the sending off of Lundstram for a reckless challenge. They will be encouraged by the fight they displayed in this game as they struggle for survival.
Leicester City defeated Tottenham by 2-0 Vardy and an own goal by Alderweireld were the scorers. That result takes Leicester into second spot.Manchester United were quick starters against Leeds United. Within the first three minutes Scott McTominay had scored two and by the 37th minute it was 4 Fernandez and Lindeloef adding 2 more, but Leeds pulled one back before half time through Liam Cooper. The scoring continued in the second half with United coming out 6-2 winners. James and Fernandes from the penalty spot for United and Dallas for Leeds. That win takes Manchester United up to third in the league. It was the first time that any team managed by Marcelo Bielsa had conceded six goals.
West Bromwich Albion with new manager Sam Allerdyce after the sacking of Slaven Bilic entertained Midland neighbours Aston Villa, he very quickly saw the defensive problems, conceding a goal after 5 minutes and then Jake Livermore was dismissed for a reckless challenge on Jack Grealish. They battled until the end but Traore and Anwar El Ghazi added further goals leaving West Brom second from the bottom on seven points.