Sunderland 2-1 Leicester – match report:
West Brom 3-1 Watford – match report:
Tottenham 5-0 Swansea – match report:
Crystal Palace 3-0 Southampton – match report:
So Spurs are back to winning ways in style, Alan Pardew’s losing streak is over, and West Brom are up to sixth – sixth! – in the Premier League table, while National League’s Sutton United have claimed their place in the FA Cup third round. That’s all from me, thanks for reading.
Late goal at the Camp Nou!
You can get a roundup of all the scores in the FA Cup, Championship and across Europe right here.
League Two Wycombe have thrashed League One Chesterfield 5-0, and Sutton United are the only non-league side of the day to make it through to the third round, Roarie Deacon scoring a 90th-minute winner against Cheltenham to put the National League club into the hat with a potential Premier League tie their reward.
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Chaos at Hillsborough where Preston’s Doyle and Beckford have been sent off for fighting each other! Dealt with diplomatically by PNE:
90' Red card. Eoin Doyle and Jermaine Beckford both see red for an off the ball incident.
— Preston North End FC (@pnefc) December 3, 2016
2-1 #pnefc
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Jordan Pickford made an incredible save in the final moments at the Stadium of Light to win Sunderland three crucial points! What a performance by the 22-year-old.
Premier League full-time scores
Crystal Palace 3-0 Southampton
Stoke 2-0 Burnley
Sunderland 2-1 Leicester
Tottenham 5-0 Swansea
West Brom 3-1 Watford
GOAL! Tottenham 5-0 Swansea (Eriksen 90)
Christian Eriksen buries a fifth into the bottom corner.
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Insults added in the Championship: Norwich score a fifth against Brentford as Barnsley notch a third against Birmingham.
In the FA Cup Blackpool remain 1-0 in front against Brackley Town and the visitors’ dream of reaching the third round for the first time is fading fast.
GOAL! West Brom 3-1 Watford (Phillips)
Matt Phillips finds the bottom corner from just outside the area to finish Watford off.
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In the Championship Norwich have added a fourth at home to Brentford, and Barnsley are now 2-0 up against 10-man Birmingham to pick up an unlikely three points.
GOAL! Crystal Palace 3-0 Southampton (Benteke 85)
Puncheon cuts a pass back and the striker gets his second of the game. On the touchline, Alan Pardew breaks into a big smile.
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Red card! Watford (Pereyra 84)
Roberto Pereyra reacts to a challenge by James McClean and is shown a straight red card. Seemed a little harsh, and that might be Watford’s challenge done. They remain 2-1 down.
GOAL! Sunderland 2-1 Leicester (Okazaki 80)
It’s going to a nervy final ten minutes at the Stadium of Light.
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An impressive performance by Wycombe who are thumping League One Chesterfield 4-0 in the FA Cup second round. Oh, make that five.
I feel his Twitter handle ruins all celebratory tweets.
It's 2-0 to #SAFC as @IAmJermainDefoe doubles the hosts' lead against the reigning @premierleague champions pic.twitter.com/UXnunVZeBK
— Sunderland AFC (@SunderlandAFC) December 3, 2016
GOAL! Sunderland 2-0 Leicester (Defoe 77)
Jermain Defoe smashes the ball home from 12 yards and the Black Cats are climbing off the foot of the table.
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Sone Aluko puts Fulham 3-0 up, despite Reading’s protestations over the goal.
Fernando Forestieri opened the scoring for Sheffield Wednesday against Preston but he’s just been sent off for an incident off the ball, and that hands the visitors a chance to get back into the game. Wednesday still lead 1-0.
GOAL! Tottenham 4-0 Swansea (Eriksen 70)
An easy finish for the midfielder and it’s a disastrous day for the Swans.
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Goal at the Camp Nou!
Oh Solihull! Luton have scored their third and fourth second-half goals and the FA Cup third-round spot is slipping away from the National League side, who are now down 4-2 having been 2-0 up at the break.
And Sunderland should have a penalty! But the referee turns away as Danny Simpson takes down Van Aanholt.
GOAL! Sunderland 1-0 Leicester (Huth og 62)
A slice of luck for Sunderland as the substitute Jan Kirchhoff’s header is diverted into the net by Robert Huth, and that could be so crucial for Sunderland.
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A red card for Danny Williams means Reading will play the rest of the match at Fulham, where they are 2-0 down, with ten men.
In the FA Cup, our best chance of an upset has all unravelled! Solihull Moors were 2-0 up against Luton but the home side have pulled back two in quick succession.
GOAL! West Brom 2-1 Watford (Kabasele 60)
The defender Christian Kabasele gets his first Watford goal with a tap-in at the back post and this one is not over.
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Fulham are 2-0 clear against Reading and are looking good for all three points at Craven Cottage, Chris Martin slamming a finish from the edge of the box.
In the only game still goalless in the Premier League, Sunderland are facing pressure from Leicester who have come out much more positively in the second half. Jordan Pickford is called into action and punches a dangerous Riyad Mahrez cross clear.
Kenny Miller ends his scoring drought to put Rangers 1-0 ahead against Aberdeen at Ibrox.
GOAL! Tottenham 3-0 Swansea (Kane 49)
This could be a long half for Swansea. Son and Kane combine on the counterattack and Spurs look home and dry.
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Half-time in the clásico, which is not living up to it’s name:
Fernando Llorente is on for Swansea replacing Jay Fulton as Bob Bradley looks for another special turnaround.
Second halves are getting under way.
“Spurs actually as clinical as the NHS really are every day of the week now!” emails Jeremy Dresner with tail between legs. “Great scissor kick from Son to score should have taken the lillywhites home for the win without too much further pain.”
“Enjoying Spurs v Swansea and tracking other action on your Clockwatch feed as I drink a cafecito (Cuban pull espresso) and do the dishes in my kitchen in Miami,” emails Ted Allen, a former multi-tasking world champion. “Sport and caffeine help me tolerate the chores better! Of note the sizable Brazilian and Colombian communities here have of course been rocked by the Chapecoense tragedy and the club’s emerald green jerseys have become the temporary kits of many recreational league teams in the city this weekend in tribute.” All the players are wearing black armbands in the Premier League this afternoon.
There’s a lot of love out there for Stoke’s first-half performance against Burnley. Mark Hughes’s side could be in the top half of the table by the end of the day, quite a turnaround when you consider it took them eight games to find their first win of the season.
2 Stoke goals, when you see them is a lesson in clinical finishing in the box. Jon Walters touch in particular 👌🏼
— Stan Collymore (@StanCollymore) December 3, 2016
And you can get a roundup of all the half-time scores in the Championship, the FA Cup and across Europe right here.
Premier League half-time scores
Crystal Palace 2-0 Southampton
Stoke 2-0 Burnley
Sunderland 0-0 Leicester
Tottenham 2-0 Swansea
West Brom 2-0 Watford
GOAL! Tottenham 2-0 Swansea (Son 45+1)
Son spins and thumps Spurs into a two-goal lead at the break, which is a pretty fair reflection on a half they have dominated.
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“Hey Lawrence,” emails JR. “Please find a picture of what Taylor did to Walker. Taylor’s foot was six feet in the air and he planted all of his studs directly into Walker’s face. He looked like he was imitating John Cleese’s goose-step. It was a clearer red card than Aguero’s kung-fu legbreaker on Luiz earlier and Jonathan Moss thought it wasn’t even worthy of a yellow card. Truly insane.” You might have a point, JR:
Marc Roberts has handed Barnsley a surprise 1-0 lead at Birmingham City in the Championship as half-time nears.
In the FA Cup Solihull Moors are a step closer to reaching the third round, going 2-0 up at Luton. This is already the club’s best FA Cup showing and their run is not over yet.
GOAL! Tottenham 1-0 Swansea (Kane 39 pen)
Naughton brings Alli down just inside the box and this might be a soft one. Harry Kane sends Fabianksi the wrong way from the spot and, finally, Spurs are in front.
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Penalty to Tottenham!
GOAL! Crystal Palace 2-0 Southampton (Tomkins 36)
Joe Ledley flicks a corner across goal for James Tomkins to put away from close range, and Selhurst is rocking.
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GOAL! Stoke 2-0 Burnley (Muniesa 35)
Marc Muniesa, of all people, steps forward to bury a wonderful finish.
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GOAL! West Brom 2-0 Watford (Brunt 34)
Chris Brunt crashes a long-range strike but it takes a deflection on its way through.
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GOAL! Crystal Palace 1-0 Southampton (Benteke 33)
This is a shocker! Fraser Forster scuffs a clearance against his standing leg and the ball falls perfectly for Christian Benteke, on his birthday, to slot home.
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Bristol City’s form has tailed away recently but they are ahead at Ashton Gate against Ipswich through a Lee Tomlin penalty.
“Spurs have had 71% of possession and all the chances so far,” emails Jeremy Dresner. “Less clinical than the NHS on the weekend though that is according to our beloved health minister. The Hunt.”
Tottenham are piling the pressure on Swansea at White Hart Lane. Kyle Walker goes close, crashing a shot from range towards the crossbar which Fabianski tips over.
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It’s 0-0 between Plymouth and Newport in the FA Cup second round but Argyle now have a one-man advantage:
22' RED CARD: Sean Rigg has been sent off for a challenge on Jervis. County down to 10 men.
— Newport County AFC (@NewportCounty) December 3, 2016
Half-times in the Bundesliga. Hoffenheim are 2-0 ahead and looking to keep up the pressure on Bayern Munich at the top of the league.
Kilmarnock go 1-0 ahead against Dundee through Rory McKenzie, and St Mirren lead by the same score at Falkirk.
GOAL! Stoke 1-0 Burnley (Walters 20)
Glen Johnson trots down the right and swings in a cross for Jon Walters to guide the ball inside the far post, a classy finish.
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It’s all going against Brentford at Carrow Road, where Bentley saves a penalty but can only watch as Dorrans pokes the rebound home for Norwich to lead 2-0. Elsewhere in the Championship, Fulham are 1-0 up at home to Reading thanks to a Chris Gunter own goal.
GOAL! West Brom 1-0 Watford (Evans 16)
Chris Brunt bends in an in-swinging corner and Jonny Evans nods home for the Baggies.
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Sunderland are hammering at the Leicester City door with Victor Anichebe in charge of battering ram operations. Wes Morgan has had to make a couple of crucial blocks to keep Leicester in touch.
A couple of early goals in the Championship, where Jacob Murphy has handed Norwich the lead against Brentford and Kasey Palmer has put Huddersfield in front at Blackburn. And as I type, Fernando Forestieri heads Sheffield Wednesday into a 1-0 advantage over Preston.
Neil Taylor has jabbed some studs into Kyle Walker to leave the Tottenham full-back needing treatment. No punishment for the Swansea defender...
@LawrenceOstlere how is that not a red card in the Spurs game???? Incompetent refereeing.
— steep the tea bun (@steamyteabuns) December 3, 2016
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Mixed FA Cupset news: Luton are 1-0 down against National League Solihull Moors but Blackpool lead by an early goal against National League North Brackley Town.
“Afternoon Lawrence,” cheers Simon McMahon. “Scotland’s game of the day is, eh, a long-time finished, seeing as it was played last night at a near capacity Tannadice, Dundee United going joint top of the Scottish Championship as they beat leaders Hibs 1-0. For those that prefer their football on a Saturday, today’s Scottish Championship action includes Dunfermline v Ayr and Falkirk v St. Mirren. In the Premiership it’s Rangers v Aberdeen and Hearts travel to Ross County having lost manger Robbie Neilson to MK Dons midweek. In Scottish League One it’s Queens Park v Brechin and in League Two Cowdenbeath v Clyde.”
Victor Anichebe has transformed Sunderland’s form – he is David Moyes’ answer to Chelsea’s change of formation. The big striker has already tested Leicester’s defence a couple of times in the early moments at the Stadium of Light.
Any predictions out there?
A bright start by Watford at West Brom, and Amrabat goes close with the first chance forcing Ben Foster into a sharp stop to tip over his bar.
Here’s Daniel Taylor’s on-the-whistle report from the Etihad:
Kick-off!
Whistles peep all around the Premier League grounds and we are under way.
A few early goals in the Bundesliga including Dortmund v Mönchengladbach, a battle of two underperforming teams, where the home side are up 2-1 courtesy of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Lukasz Piszczek.
Fresh from signing a bumper new contract this week, Harry Kane leads the line for Spurs at White Hart Lane. No Fernando Llorente for Swansea – the striker starts on the bench despite his heroics against Crystal Palace last weekend with Gylfi Sigurdsson starting in a central attacking role, it seems.
At the risk of you leaving me and never returning, the clásico teams have also landed:
West Brom v Watford
West Brom: Foster, Dawson, McAuley, Evans, Nyom, Yacob, Fletcher, Brunt, Morrison, Phillips, Rondon.
Subs: Palmer, Olsson, Robson-Kanu, Gardner, McClean, Galloway, Chadli
Watford: Gomes, Zuniga, Prödl, Kabasele, Holebas, Guedioura, Amrabat, Capoue, Pereyra, Deeney, Okaka.
Subs: Pantilimon, Eleftheriou, Watson, Doucoure, Sinclair, Success, Ighalo
Sunderland v Leicester
Sunderland: Pickford, Jones, Kone, Djilobodji, Van Aanholt, Pienaar, Ndong, Denayer, Watmore, Anichebe, Defoe.
Subs: Mannone, O’Shea, Januzaj, Manquillo, Khazri, Kirchhoff, Larsson
Leicester: Zieler, Simpson, Huth, Morgan, Fuchs, Mahrez, Amartey, King, Albrighton, Slimani, Vardy.
Subs: Hamer, Hernández, Musa, Schlupp, Okazaki, Gray, Mendy
Full-time: Man City 1-3 Chelsea
And it ends in chaos! You can catch up right here:
Stoke City v Burnley
Stoke: Grant, Johnson, Martins Indi, Muniesa, Diouf, Adam, Imbula, Pieters, Shaqiri, Walters, Arnautovic.
Subs: Given, Allen, Whelan, Bony, Crouch, Bojan, Ramadan
Burnley: Robinson, Ward, Mee, Keane, Flanagan, Boyd, Hendrick, Marney, Arfield, Gray, Barnes.
Subs: Vokes, Kightly, Lowton, Bamford, Pope, Tarkowski, Defour
Crystal Palace v Southampton
Crystal Palace: Hennessey, Tomkins, Dann, Delaney, Ward, Ledley, McArthur, Puncheon, Townsend, Zaha, Benteke.
Subs: Speroni, Fryers, Kelly, Flamini, Lee, Sako, Campbell
Southampton: Forster, Cedric, Fonte, Van Dijk, Bertrand, Romeu, Hojbjerg, Ward-Prowse, Boufal, Redmond, Austin.
Subs: Taylor, Yoshida, Clasie, Long, Davis, McQueen, Sims
Another goal at the Etihad...
Tottenham v Swansea
Tottenham: Lloris, Walker, Dier, Vertonghen, Rose, Dembele, Wanyama, Eriksen, Dele, Son, Kane.
Subs: Vorm, Wimmer, Carter-Vickers, Winks, Sissoko, Onomah, Nkoudou
Swansea: Fabianski, Naughton, Van der Hoorn, Amat, Taylor, Fulton, Cork, Fer, Barrow, Sigurdsson, Montero.
Subs: Nordfeldt, Rangel, Mawson, Britton, Routledge, Borja, Llorente
Full-time: Motherwell 3-4 Celtic
A crazy game at Fir Park has finished with a Celtic victory, Tom Rogic’s strike in added-time sealing all three points for the visitors, who go 11 points clear at the top. Motherwell were leading 2-0 at half-time.
Traffic has left Swansea with less than an hour to get ready...
The #Swans have just arrived at White Hart Lane. No delay to kick-off! https://t.co/MdRACYZ8RD
— Swansea City AFC (@SwansOfficial) December 3, 2016
Premier League lineups for the 3pm GMT kick-offs coming right up, but first you might want to get the details on how Chelsea have turned the tables on Manchester City at the Etihad:
Preamble
Hello. Do you remember that time a couple of months ago when Manchester City were certain to win the league and it wasn’t a question of if they were going to win it but whether they would drop a solitary point along the way, such was their brilliance, but then Tottenham came along and Mauricio Pochettino out-Pepped Guardiola and blew City out of White Hart Lane with a 2-0 thumping? Victor Wanyama was everywhere, Toby Alderweireld was impenetrable and Son Heung-min was the greatest false-nine of his generation. That’s what I remember anyway.
Well you would be forgiven for forgetting because Spurs have failed to be nearly that good thereafter, winning only once in 10 games since. They have fallen off the title pace and fallen out of the Champions League largely due to a lack of goals – and today’s match could and should be the antidote, against a Swansea side who have conceded 14 in the six games Bob Bradley has been in charge. The American picked up his first win last week to drag Swansea off the foot of the table but the 5-4 ding dong with Crystal Palace was about as unconvincing as it gets – it just happened that the final whistle blew at a moment when Palace had conceded most.
Palace are under pressure right now and Alan Pardew desperately needs something from Southampton’s visit to Selhurst Park today to break a run of six successive league defeats. Elsewhere in the top flight, bottom side Sunderland host the champions Leicester, eighth-place Watford head to ninth-place West Brom, and Burnley travel to Stoke where Mark Hughes has Xherdan Shaqiri in form and his top scorer, none other than Joe Allen, back from suspension.
One of these Premier League sides could be the prize for National League North side Brackley Town, should they get through their FA Cup tie against Blackpool at Bloomfield Road to reach the third round for the first time in the club’s history, one of seven second-round cup ties this afternoon. On top of that there is a packed Championship schedule plus plenty of action in the Scottish Premiership, the Bundesliga and more to check in on.
Premier League kick-offs: 3pm GMT
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