That’s it. Thanks for joining me for the last Premier League action of 2025.

Full time: Arsenal 4-1 Aston Villa. Reaction with Scott Murray:

Match report: Burnley 1-3 Newcastle (Will Unwin)

The corner doesn’t beat the first man. What a waste.

Wolves send on Møller Wolfe before the corner. This could be the last act … we’ve played 95 minutes.

Mosquera heads a Manchester United corner behind for another. Jack Fletcher then lashes a shot well off target. Wolves have a corner of their own …

We’ve played the first two of five (possibly six now) added minutes at Old Trafford.

Dorgu has the ball in the net! Sesko’s shot is saved by Sá and Boxing Day’s matchwinner follows up but he’s offside and it won’t count. His celebrations are cut short.

Fer López comes on for Hwang Hee-chan. There are two minutes plus stoppage time remaining at Old Trafford. Still 1-1.

Match report: Chelsea 2-2 Bournemouth (Jacob Steinberg)

Motherwell 2-0 Celtic is a full-time score in Scotland, Wilfried Nancy’s side missing the chance to go level on points with leaders Hearts.

Rob Edwards has his head in his hands after perhaps the most obvious foul throw from João Gomes, who was shaping up to launch into the box but went short. Sá catches a Sesko header up the other end.

Man United living dangerously! Tchatchoua flies away on a break down the right and lays the ball back on the edge of the box. Arias runs on to it and his shot takes a knick off a United defender and goes agonisingly wide. Wolves fancy this!

Match report: West Ham 2-2 Brighton (Ben Bloom)

Arsenal are 3-0 up against Aston Villa. Follow live with Scott Murray:

Boos from the home crowd as Ruben Amorim brings Leny Yoro and 17-year-old Bendito Mantato on for Ayden Heaven and Manuel Ugarte.

“Attack, attack, attack!” is doing the rounds at Old Trafford. Dorgu and Shaw think they’ve forced another United corner but the referee says goal-kick.

Scottish Premiership full times

• Dundee 2-1 Kilmarnock

• Hibs 2-0 Aberdeen

• Livingston 1-3 Dundee Utd

• Rangers 2-1 St Mirren

• Motherwell 2-0 Celtic (latest score)

Nervy moments for Wolves! Sá flaps not once, not twice, but three times at a Manchester United corner. The final punch is the one that deals with it. Unconvincing to say the least.

Match report: Nottingham Forest 0-2 Everton (Ben Fisher)

Golden boot: Let’s see how those 7.30pm kick-offs have affected the Premier League scoring charts …

Afcon: Senegal and DR Congo have qualified for the last 16 after 3-0 wins over Benin and Botswana respectively in Group D. Benin also progress as a best third-place team. Gaël Kakuta was on the scoresheet twice for DR Congo – remember him?

Lammens heroics at Old Trafford! Doherty nods down a Wolves free-kick and Krejci drives it goalwards. Lammens gets down well to save and sticks a glove up just in time to prevent Mosquera touching in the rebound. Just over 25 minutes to go, 1-1.

Chelsea send a couple of hopeful balls into the box that Petrovic and then Senesi deal with. They have a corner …

Brighton go close! Ayari plays a sharp one-two on the edge of the West Ham box and launches a shot that flies just wide of the near post. 2-2.

Ashley Barnes is on for Burnley! Exciting. Scott Parker would take a point, they trail 2-1.

Manchester United 1-1 Wolves is back under way at Old Trafford.

We’re into the last 10 minutes in each of the 7.30pm kick-offs. West Ham make a triple change. They need points plural, I would suggest. Still 2-2.

Big chance for Chelsea! The ball falls to Fernández in the penalty area after Neto’s cross in. He takes one touch and lifts it over the bar from about 12 yards out. Still 2-2.

Off the line! Newcastle come so close to a third. They keep a corner alive with a bit of head tennis and Burnley’s Humphreys heads it out from right under his crossbar after Thiaw had looped it over Dubravka.

“United have been woeful so far tonight,” writes Josh Keeling. “No intensity at all. Wolves are deservedly level. If United played with anything like the intensity they did against Bournemouth, they would blow Wolves away. It’s like they turned up expecting to win. Not good enough.”

Garner goes close for Everton! It’s a fizzing strike right across goal from the corner of the box but it just fades the wrong side of the far post.

Jack Grealish is on for Everton at Nottingham Forest. It’s still 1-0 to David Moyes’s side.

Petrovic saves from Estêvão! It’s a brilliant save from the Bournemouth keeper to keep out the Chelsea teenager, getting down low to his right to stop a low effort from the edge of the box.

West Ham almost hit back straight away! Scarles’s free-kick is headed straight at Verbruggen by Bowen when you might have expected the skipper to score.

Sesko hits the post! Shaw’s corner is hung up towards the back post and the United striker hits the woodwork with his header. They lead Wolves 1-0.

Big save from Pope! Edwards is denied by the feet of the former Burnley keeper after another breakaway.

Chance for Chelsea! Palmer and Neto combine on the break and the latter’s cross is headed just over by Delap. Bournemouth had earlier calls for a penalty waved away after Gusto was adjudged not have handled the ball.

Scotland: Motherwell lead Celtic at half-time, with Rangers a goal up against St Mirren.

• Dundee 0-1 Kilmarnock

• Hibs 0-0 Aberdeen

• Livingston 0-1 Dundee Utd

• Rangers 1-0 St Mirren

• Motherwell 1-0 Celtic

Chance for Burnley! Walker’s throw down the right finds Laurent and his cut-back is met by Tchaouna, whose low shot is held by Pope. Newcastle still lead 2-1.

Enzo Fernández is down after being on the end of a crunching, but fair, challenge from Bournemouth’s James Hill. He soldiers on.

Bournemouth had more shots (14) than any visiting Premier League team in a first half at Stamford Bridge since records began in 2003.

Reece James is on for Chelsea at half-time. The action has resumed at the Bridge, 2-2 against Bournemouth.

“With lots of interest in wide forwards this transfer window, why isn’t there more speculation about Jarod Bowen,” wonders David Wall. “Perhaps he’s not as glamorous as other names but he’s consistently excellent and productive in terms of scoring or making chances (and this for a West Ham side without a decent centre forward to cross to). Imagine what he would do on the right for someone like Liverpool? He seems to have become the next James Ward-Prowse, linked with a move to one of the Champions’ League level clubs for a couple of summers but then never mentioned again as a serious target.”

Burnley 1-2 Newcastle and West Ham 2-1 Brighton are also back under way. Very important halves for both home teams.

Nottingham Forest 0-1 Everton has been back under way for a few minutes. There was only one added minute there in the first half.

Half-chance for Wolves. Arokodare’s air-kick means Hwang gets to take a swing at it and his shot flies not far over.

United are playing a curiously low line against the bottom team in the Premier League. Wolves are enjoying plenty of possession in the final third.

United almost go in front! Sesko traps the ball on the touchline, shakes off Doherty and sends a shot that whistles just wide of the far post. 0-0.

It’s times like these when I wonder how, on both my trips to the Vitality Stadium this season, I’ve watched Bournemouth draw 0-0. Including to Chelsea.

Manchester United appear to have reverted to a back five, with Dalot and Dorgu as wing-backs. Cunha, Zirkzee and Sesko is a pretty imposing frontline – in height as much as anything.

An intriguing encounter at Turf Moor, where it looked like Newcastle had the game done and dusted after seven minutes against a team who have picked up two points from a possible 27. But this Newcastle side is brittle and somehow let Burnley back into the match, struggling on the ball and inviting pressure from a shot shy side. Newcastle still have the edge but need to fortify their efforts after the break.

It’s half-time at the City Ground: Nottingham Forest 0-1 Everton.

Another penalty shout at the London Stadium! Wilson’s shot is blocked at point-blank range by Dunk. It’s hard to tell from the replays but his arms are up and it might hit them … VAR are having a long look.

Off the line at Turf Moor! Broja’s shot is blocked and it comes back out to Edwards, whose low shot beats Pope but Schär is on the line to keep it out. Burnley so close to a leveller.

Palmer pulls off a lovely turn in midfield and feeds the ball to Estêvão on the right. The Brazilian comes inside and tees up Gusto but he shanks his shot and it goes no further than the D.

Wissa misses a sitter at Turf Moor. He’s all alone at the back post at a corner and botches the header, sending it wide.

The Matthew Harding Stand is not overly pleased as Alejandro Garnacho overruns it in the Bournemouth penalty area when he had options. It’s end-to-end at the Bridge. 1-1.

Shouts for a penalty at Chelsea as Estêvão goes down under the challenge of Semenyo. The referee waves play on but there is a VAR check. It looks clumsy …

An early yellow card for Chelsea as Moisés Caicedo goes into the book for a trip on Álex Jiménez on a Bournemouth break.

“I’ve never been so tempted to skip watching the game and just wait for the highlights,” writes Everton fan Eric Peterson ahead of the Dyche reunion. That’s the spirit!

The teams are heading out for the 7.30pm kick-offs. I’ll have updates from all four games. It looks cold … everywhere.

Kai Havertz is back on the bench for Arsenal. Scott Murray has live updates from their crunch game against Aston Villa:

“I can’t fathom why Semenyo is going to City,” writes Dean Kinsella. “My bet is he will become yet another attacking forward who will be encouraged to stay out wide and should he happen to beat his full back to turn around and pass the ball back to his midfield. All the dynamic flair having been sucked out of him, soon reduced to playing bit parts from the bench.”

Well, I’m not sure Pep Guardiola has coached the dynamic flair out of Jérémy Doku or Rayan Cherki yet.

Afcon: Nigeria have topped Group C, with Tunisia joining them in the last 16 as runners-up. Tanzania also progress as one of the best third-place teams. Uganda are out.

Full time results:

• Tanzania 1-1 Tunisia

• Uganda 1-3 Nigeria

Senegal, DR Congo and Benin can all finish top of their group in games that are just about to get under way.

Group D fixtures (tonight 7pm GMT):

• Benin (3pts) v Senegal (4)

• Botswana (0) v DR Congo (4)

Sean Dyche, up against his old team tonight, is speaking to TV pitchside ahead of kick-off. He says that David Moyes is doing a good job at Everton but reiterates that he doesn’t care about that tonight because he’s Nottingham Forest manager now and wants a result.

Dyche is still wearing his shorts. Having been at a motorway service station not far from Nottingham earlier today, I can confirm that this is some achievement. You can see his breath.

A few transfer lines to come out of the Premier League today involving (in descending speculated value) Antoine Semenyo, Jørgen Strand Larsen and Brennan Johnson: