Sports Report: Arsenal extend their lead & Newcastle move up to second

Football Daily

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🗓️ 26 December 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Steve Crossman and 5 Live Sport’s team of reporters take you through the biggest stories on Boxing Day as the Premier League returns from the World Cup break. Arsenal came from behind to beat West Ham 3-1 to extend their lead to seven points at the top of the Premier League. Newcastle United have moved up to second with a commanding 3-0 win at Leicester City. Wolves moved off the bottom of the table with a late 2-1 victory at Everton for Julen Lopetegui’s first league match in charge, piling pressure on Everton manager Frank Lampard. That also means Southampton are now at the foot of the table after a 3-1 defeat to Brighton. We’ll round-up the day’s action from across the EFL and you’ll hear from the likes of Newcastle head coach Eddie Howe, Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers, Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta and Southampton manager Nathan Jones. TOPICS: 1’40” – Arsenal 3-1 West Ham reaction 9’49” - Leicester 0-3 Newcastle reaction 18’00” – Everton 1-2 Wolves reaction 25’10” – Southampton 1-3 Brighton reaction 33’25” – Aston Villa 1-3 Liverpool reaction 34’10” – Brentford 2-2 Tottenham reaction 37’20” – Crystal Palace 0-3 Fulham reaction 38’50” – EFL round-up and reaction

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts
0:04.1	The Football Daily Podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live
0:09.4	Hello there, I'm Steve Crossman, you're listening to the Football Daily Podcast and this is Sports Report.
0:33.6	The Premier League is back, Newcastle Cruise Pass Lester to go a second.
0:37.8	Harry Kane returns to score as Tottenham Salvidger draw at Brentford.
0:41.6	Yule Loppeteggi's Wolves snatch an injury time winner at Everton to lift them off the bottom.
0:46.4	That place is taken by Southampton who lose at home to Brighton, a fourth straight defeat for the Saints.
0:52.2	Crystal Palace finished with nine men in a three-nil home defeat by Fulham.
0:56.2	Sheffield United beat Coventry to good joint top of the championship.
0:59.8	L.S. Sim's stoppage time goal gives Sunderland victory over Blackburn.
1:03.5	Hull stay out of the bottom three after a one-or-draw with Blackpool.
1:07.1	Bottom of the table, Huddersfield come from behind to win at Preston.
1:10.7	Plum of Swinn at Cheltenham keeps them top of lead one.
1:13.3	It's which beat Oxford United to keep the pressure on the leaders.
1:16.4	Northampton missed the chance to go second in lead two after a draw at Mansfield.
1:21.4	Let's start then with the Premier League scores.
1:23.6	It finished Brentford 2, Tottenham 2 in the early kickoff.
1:26.5	Then nine-man Crystal Palace lost three-nil to Fulham.
1:29.5	It was Lester-Nill Newcastle 3, Southampton won Brighton 3 and Everton won Wolves 2.
1:35.4	Right, we will get into those big stories, but we're going to start with the Premier League leaders Arsenal,
1:40.4	who took on West Ham in the late match on Boxing Day.
1:43.0	Sahel Sahi has been at the Emirates.
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