Manchester City were beaten 2-1 at Leicester to drop to third in the Premier League table -- seven points behind leaders Liverpool.

Bernardo Silva gave Pep Guardiola's side a lead inside 13 minutes, collecting Sergio Aguero's pass and keeping his cool to slot past Kasper Schmeichel, but five minutes later, the scores were level as Marc Albrighton headed in Jamie Vardy's cross.

City then dominated possession but were unable to find a winner and had to rely on some last-ditch defending to stop Leicester adding to their tally.

And, for the second week in a row, they were beaten by a rocket from outside the box as Ricardo Pereira made it 2-1. Things got worse for City when Fabian Delph was given a straight red card for a shocking tackle on the matchwinner late on.

Leaders Liverpool dispatched Newcastle 4-0 to continue their impressive form over the Christmas period and open up a six-point lead at the top of the table.

Liverpool made the perfect start when Dejan Lovren opened the scoring on 11 minutes. The defender hammered an effort into the roof of the net after Newcastle failed to clear a corner.

Newcastle managed to hold firm until half time but within minutes of the restart they were two down as Mohamed Salah scored his 13th league goal of the season from the penalty spot following an innocuous foul on him by Paul Dummett.

Liverpool's enormous pressure threatened to give them a third goal at any moment, and it came when Xherdan Shaqiri stabbed home Trent Alexander-Arnold's low cross from close range in the 79th minute. Fabinho made it 4-0 by heading home Salah's corner.

City's defeat opened the door for Tottenham who had the opportunity to move level with City with a victory, and duly delivered as they made it 11 goals in three days with a 5-0 victory over Bournemouth.

Mauricio Pochettino's men started the game quietly, but roared into life when Christian Eriksen gave the hosts a 16th-minute lead after his effort found its way into the back of the net courtesy of a Jefferson Lerma deflection.

It was 2-0 on 22 minutes as Son Heung-min continued his brilliant form to meet Kyle Walker-Peters' ball on the edge of the box. And it was 3-0 on 35 minutes as Walker-Peters produced his third assist of the match as Lucas Moura finished off his clever back pass.

Harry Kane got in on the act just past the hour mark as he finished off from Eriksen's pass while Son got his second 20 minutes from time as he applied the finishing touch to a move which saw players from both sides slipping and sliding in a goalmouth scramble.

Eden Hazard scored two goals in Chelsea's 2-1 win over Watford, giving the Belgian striker 101 goals for the club across all competitions since he arrived at Stamford Bridge in 2012.

The win at Vicarage Road ensured the Blues would remain in fourth place above Arsenal. The match, however, was overshadowed by the injury suffered by Watford defender Christian Kabasele, who crashed into the goalpost early in the game. Despite appearing to suffer a rib injury following the collision, he tried to continue but ended up being carried out of the grounds on a stretcher while being given oxygen.

Hazard's first goal came in stoppage time of the first half, but Roberto Pereyra answered for the home side with a superb strike right before half-time. Hazard scored the decider from the spot in the 58th minute, a chance he earned after defender Ben Foster took him down.

Arsenal were held to a 1-1 draw by Brighton as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's opener was cancelled out by Jurgen Locadia, meaning the Gunners have managed just one win in their past four matches across all competitions.

City's defeat at Leicester earlier in the day meant victory at Amex would have brought Unai Emery's men to within four points of the reigning champions -- and reestablish an eight point lead over sixth-place Manchester United -- but after Alexandre Lacazette sucked in five Brighton defenders to create space for Aubameyang to fire into the far corner inside seven minutes, they struggled.

Davy Propper cleared the ball long and Arsenal defender Stephan Lichtsteiner's attempted header served as a perfect flick-on for Locadia, who rounded Bernd Leno before slotting into the empty net for 1-1 before the break. But, while Arsenal continued to dominate possession, they failed to create many clear cut chances, and had to rely on Leno to keep the score level.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer made it two wins from two to start his Manchester United tenure with a 3-1 win over Huddersfield.

With 29 minutes on the clock, Huddersfield failed to clear a corner and Nemanja Matic reacted quickest to give the hosts the lead before Paul Pogba, who had been dropped for Mourinho's last two Premier League matches in charge, scored twice inside 10 minutes to ensure United would take all three points.

David De Gea had been called upon to make a superb save in the first half, but was finally beaten when Mathias Jorgensen swept home two minutes from time after United failed to clear a free kick.

Everton ended their five-game winless run in emphatic fashion by drubbing relegation-threatened Burnley 5-1 at Turf Moor.

Everton, took less than two minutes to grab the lead when the unmarked Yerry Mina headed in a cross from the left by Brazilian winger Bernard. A curling Lucas Digne free kick beat Burnley keeper Joe Hart to double the lead in the 13th minute and nine minutes later Everton were 3-0 up thanks to a Gylfi Sigurdsson penalty

Burnley pulled a goal back eight minutes before the break when Ben Gibson hooked the ball home, but all their labour towards an attempted comeback came to nothing after Digne made it 4-1 with a low drive from outside the box.

Substitute Richarlison completed the rout in stoppage time, collecting a pass from Sigurdsson before slipping the ball home.

Cardiff City survived intense pressure from Crystal Palace to pick up just their second away point of the season with a goalless draw at Selhurst Park.

Palace went into the game on a high after their surprise 3-2 win at champions Manchester City but their luck was out against Neil Warnock's battling side.

Andros Townsend hit the bar in the opening minute from a promising position after good work from Wilfried Zaha and Cheikhou Kouyate.

Luka Milivojevic struck the post with a 77th-minute free kick for Palace, who had 31 shots but only five on target against the Welsh side.

The result left Cardiff one place above the relegation zone in 17th place while Roy Hodgson's Palace are 14th.