EPL Gameweek 18: Saturday football - As it happened...

The Gameweek 18 of EPl witnessed leaders Leicester City losing for the second time only, to give Arsenal a realistic chance to take the lead later in the night, even as Louis van Gaal's woes compounded with yet another defeat for Manchester United.

FULL-TIME Newcastle 0-1 Everton. Cleverley heads a dramatic winner with seconds remaining at St James' #NEWEVE pic.twitter.com/5MpKnTlKRA

— Premier League (@premierleague) December 26, 2015

Newcastle 0 - 1 (Cleverley 90+3') Everton: Tom Cleverley scored an injury time winner to give Everton all three points.

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HALF-TIME update:

Newcastle 0 - 0 Everton: Despite all the good efforts to break the deadlock from both the sides it's still nil-nil at St. James Park.

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PHOTO Everton pushing hard for the opener, but Newcastle are holding strong at the back. It's 0-0 (18 mins) #NEWEVE pic.twitter.com/TsCWlIodqK

— Premier League (@premierleague) December 26, 2015

Here's the line-ups for the Newcastle-Everton match:

TEAM NEWS: Here is how Newcastle United will line up against Everton at St. James' Park (kick-off 5:30pm GMT). #NUFC pic.twitter.com/EcULR55u5F — Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) December 26, 2015

TEAM NEWS: Two changes for the Blues as Mirallas and Lennon come in for Kone and Deulofeu. #NEWvEFC pic.twitter.com/pZrdvGO4bC — Everton (@Everton) December 26, 2015

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FULL-TIME updates:

Aston Villa 1 - 1 West Ham
Bournemouth 0 - 0 Crystal Palace
Chelsea 2 - 2 Watford
Liverpool 1 - 0    Leicester
Manchester City 4 - 1 Sunderland
Swansea 1 - 0 West Brom
Tottenham 3 - 0    Norwich

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Tottenham (Kane (P)25', 42', Carroll 80') 3 - 0 Norwich: Thomas Carroll, who arrived in as a substitute, found the back of net with a cool finish assure Spurs all three points with 10 minutes into the regulation time.

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Chelsea (Costa 33', 65') 2 - 2 (Deeney (P)42', Ighalo 56') Watford: What a miss. Oscar failed to convert from the spot (80') and it leaves score-line at Stamford Bridge at 2-2.

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Manchester City (Sterling 13', Toure 17', Bony 22', de Bruyne 54') 4 - 1 (Borini 59') Sunderland: Wilfred Boney missed a penalty (69'). A skier!

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Chelsea (Costa 33', 65') 2 - 2 (Deeney (P)42', Ighalo 56') Watford: And Diego Costa again. The Spaniard feasts on a Willian set-up to equalise for the Blues.

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Aston Villa (Ayew (P)62') 1 - 1 (Cresswell 45+2') West Ham: A penalty to the rescue for Villans at home. Jordan Ayew coolly slides home the goal from the spot.

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Liverpool 1 - 0 Leicester City: Christian Benteke finally killed off  with both his legs, a sliding one, to open the scoring at Anfield. And leaders Leicester City are staring at their second league defeat of the season.

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Manchester City (Sterling 13', Toure 17', Bony 22', de Bruyne 54') 4 - 1 (Borini 59') Sunderland: At the hour-mark, Sunderland pulled one back with former Liverpool player Fabio Borini scoring from a sneaky run.

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Chelsea (Costa 33') 1 - 2 (Deeney (P)42', Ighalo 56') Watford: Chelsea have conceded the lead to Watford with Odion Ighalo finishing a brilliant move from Jose Manuel Jurado.

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Manchester City (Sterling 13', Toure 17', Bony 22', de Bruyne 54') 4 - 0 Sunderland: Citizens are toying with Black Cats at Etihad Stadium. Belgian Kevin de Bruyne has added his name in the score-sheet with an easy finish from a loose ball.

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Here's the HALF-TIME updates:

#BPL HALF-TIME #AVFC 0-1 #WHUFC #AFCB 0-0 #CPFC #CFC 1-1 #WATFORDFC #LFC 0-0 #LCFC #MCFC 3-0 #SAFC #SWANS 1-0 #WBA #COYS 2-0 #NCFC — Premier League (@premierleague) December 26, 2015

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Aston Villa 0 - 1 (Cresswell 45+2') West Ham: An injury time goal from Aaron Cresswell gave the Hammers lead at Villa Park.

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Chelsea (Costa 33') 1 - 1 (Deeney (P)42') Watford: Drama in Stamford Bridge. Nemanja Matic handball allows Watford to equalise minutes before the half-time. Troy Deeney converted from the spot.

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Tottenham (Kane (P)25', 42') 2 - 0 Norwich: Kane is punishing his old club. He latches on to a Dele Alli pass to double the lead.

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Chelsea (Costa 33') 1 - 0 Watford: A sumptuous goal from Diego Costa as the former Atletico Madrid player produced a left-footed finish.

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Tottenham (Kane (P)25') 1 - 0 Norwich: Harry Kane converts from the spot to give Spurs the lead at White Hart Lane, after Norwich goalie Declan Rudd was penalised for a foul.

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Manchester City (Sterling 13', Toure 17', Bony 22') 3 - 0 Sunderland: Wilfred Bony increased the lead with a cracking header from a Kevin De Bruyne free-kick.

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Swansea (Ki 9') 1 - 0 West Brom: Sung-Yong Ki provided the vital first goal for struggling Swans at Liberty Stadium.

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Manchester City (Sterling 13', Toure 17') 2 - 0 Sunderland: City have scored two goals in quick succession to further compound Sunderland's woes. First, it was Raheem Sterling, then Yaya Toure scoring for the Citizens.

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Credit to Stoke for their valiant attacking football. But fot LVG, the pressure continues to mount. United are winless in seven matches, and have suffered third successive league defeat. A rare sight.

FULL-TIME Stoke 2-0 Man Utd. Bojan and Arnautovic's first-half strikes secure @stokecity an impressive win #STKMUN pic.twitter.com/kYFCibu4Db — Premier League (@premierleague) December 26, 2015

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Here are the line-ups for the 8:30 kick-offs

Manchester City vs Sunderland

TEAM NEWS: Here's your #mcfc line-up to face @SunderlandAFC today. #cityvsafc pic.twitter.com/oChFRonyMJ — Manchester City FC (@MCFC) December 26, 2015

Sunderland XI v @MCFC : Mannone, Jones, O’Shea, Coates, PVA, M’Vila, Gomez, Johnson, Borini, Graham, Fletcher. pic.twitter.com/RIRFfkLI4p — Sunderland AFC (@SunderlandAFC) December 26, 2015

Aston Villa vs West Ham United

Confirmed line-up: Villa team to face @WHUFC_Official this afternoon, kick-off 3pm. #AVFC #WHUFC #AVLWHU pic.twitter.com/b2JEFeDYPA — Aston Villa FC (@AVFCOfficial) December 26, 2015

WEST HAM UNITED: Adrian, Tomkins, Collins, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Obiang, Noble (c), Kouyate, Zarate, Antonio, Valencia #AVLWHU — West Ham United FC (@whufc_official) December 26, 2015

Chelsea vs Watford

Team to play Watford: Courtois; Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry (c), Azpilicueta; Fabregas, Matic; Willian, Oscar, Pedro, Diego Costa. #CFC — Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) December 26, 2015

#watfordfc line-up v @ChelseaFC: Gomes (GK); Nyom, Britos, Cathcart, Holebas; Capoue, Watson; Abdi, Deeney (c), Jurado; Ighalo. — Watford FC (@WatfordFC) December 26, 2015

Liverpool vs  Leicester City

Confirmed #LFC team v @LCFC: Mignolet, Clyne, Lovren, Sakho, Moreno, Can, Henderson, Lallana, Coutinho, Firmino, Origi — Liverpool FC (@LFC) December 26, 2015

Today's starting XI #LivLei pic.twitter.com/QZEwJgf6pz — Leicester City (@LCFC) December 26, 2015

Swansea vs West Brom

#WBA v @SwansOfficial: Myhill; Olsson, Yacob, Evans, Morrison, Gardner, Brunt, Lambert, McAuley, Fletcher, Dawson. https://t.co/XssykheK0U — West Bromwich Albion (@WBAFCofficial) December 26, 2015

#Swans team v @WBAFCofficial: Fabianski, Rangel, Fernandez, Williams (C), Taylor, Britton, Ki, Sigurdsson, Routledge, Montero, Ayew. — Swansea City AFC (@SwansOfficial) December 26, 2015

Bournemouth vs Crystal Palace

Cherries XI to face #cpfc: Boruc, Daniels, Cook, Francis, Smith, Gosling, Arter, Surman, Ritchie, Stanislas, Murray. #afcb #BOUCRY — AFC Bournemouth (@afcbournemouth) December 26, 2015

#CPFC XI: Hennessey; Ward, Dann, Delaney (c), Souare; Zaha, McArthur, Ledley, Puncheon; Mutch; Campbell. #BOUCRY pic.twitter.com/3tUZslMSLB — Crystal Palace FC (@CPFC) December 26, 2015

Tottenham vs Norwich City

TEAM: Rudd; Martin (c), Bennett, Bassong, Olsson; Redmond, Mulumbu, Tettey, Brady; Odjidja; Jerome. #ncfc — Norwich City FC (@NorwichCityFC) December 26, 2015

#THFC team: Lloris (c), Walker, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Davies; Dembele, Dier; Eriksen, Alli, Lamela; Kane. #COYS https://t.co/VUeFXUHO6y — Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) December 26, 2015

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Stoke (Krkic 19', Arnautovic 26') 2 - 0 Manchester United: Wayne Rooney is on, for Memphis Depay (46th minute). Stoke also made a substitution. Marco van Ginkel on for Glenn Whelan.

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HALF-TIME Stoke 2-0 Man Utd. Goals from Bojan and Arnautovic puts #SCFC ahead at the break #STKMUN pic.twitter.com/9pFVeKSCc6 — Premier League (@premierleague) December 26, 2015

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Stoke (Krkic 19', Arnautovic 26') 2 - 0 Manchester United: And that's how giants are killed. Absolute killer.

Marko Arnautovic buried a long ranger into the nets even as a diving David de Gea tried his best. 

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Stoke (Krkic 19') 1 - 0 Manchester United: Horror defending from United. Memphis Depay lost possession to Glen Johnson just in front of the box and Bojan Krkic received a delightful pass from the right flank. Cool finish from the former Barcelona starlet.

And more pressure on Louis van Gaal, in the stands.

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Here's the team sheets for the first match between Stoke City and Manchester United. Big news - Wayne Rooney on bench at Britannia Stadium.

United XI: De Gea, Young, Smalling, Jones, Blind, Carrick, Herrera, Mata, Fellaini, Memphis, Martial #mufc pic.twitter.com/iHOR9y8vds — Manchester United (@ManUtd) December 26, 2015

TEAM NEWS | Here is your #SCFC Starting XI and substitutes for this afternoon's @premierleague game against @ManUtd. pic.twitter.com/cbB5JHg0KP — Stoke City FC (@stokecity) December 26, 2015

It's Boxing Day. That means TEN #BPL matches and nearly NINE hours of football ⚽️ Who's ready? pic.twitter.com/GTDFYnRVbP — Premier League (@premierleague) December 26, 2015