Chelsea maintains their lead in the English Premier League (EPL) after 1-1 draw against fourth-place Southampton while second-place Manchester City and third-place Manchester United fail to make up ground in the standings. Arsenal managed to creep into the top five with a key victory on the road against West Ham United.
Chelsea celebrated Christmas in victorious manner by defeating West Ham United, 2-0, keeping their lead in the English Premier League (EPL) staying three points ahead of second-place Manchester City and ten points over third-place Manchester United.
Making his second start of the season, Colombian striker Radamel Falcao, on loan from French Ligue 1 club AS Monaco, scored his second goal of the season for Manchester United, bailing them out after falling behind to Aston Villa on Saturday.
West Ham United moves ahead of Manchester United and Southampton in the English Premier League (EPL) standings with a win over Swansea City while Aston Villa defeats last place Leicester City 2-1 on Sunday.
England's national team head coach, Roy Hodgson, has been very critical of English Football Association (FA) for scheduling National Football League (NFL) games prior to his team's Euro 2016 qualifier games.
After going through a rough patch in UEFA Champions League, the Capital One Cup and English Premier League (EPL) action, defending champions Manchester City bounced back defeating crosstown rival Manchester United in the "Manchester Derby." Also, Tottenham Hotspur turned things around thanks to Harry Kane's late-game heroics to defeat Aston Villa.
Robin van Persies late goal in stoppage time helped Manchester United salvage a point at Old Trafford to eke out a 1-1 draw against English Premier League table leader Chelsea, playing without their lead scorer Diego Costa.
