Spurs blitz Watford
Tottenham Hotspur recorded an impressive 4-1 win at Watford on Sunday that sent them above Manchester City on goal difference and into the top four of the Premier League.
Watford put up little resistance as two goals by Harry Kane and another from Dele Alli gave Spurs a 3-0 half-time lead.
Alli scored again early in the second half before manager Mauricio Pochettino took off his scorers ahead of the match against leaders Chelsea at White Hart Lane on Wednesday.
Younes Kaboul smuggled home Watford's injury-time reply with their only shot on target.
Chelsea are 10 points ahead of Pochettino's men, but Spurs will remember all too well that it was at Stamford Bridge that their title hopes were finally ended last season.
Chelsea played above themselves to deny their North London rivals the win they needed to maintain their pursuit of Leicester City.
Now Tottenham will be keen to end Chelsea's bid for a record 14th successive victory.
If that promises to be one of the matches of the season, the New Year's Day game at Vicarage Road was more like a light training exercise in comparison.
Watford have now lost five of their past seven matches and never looked likely to get anything from this match.
Olivier Giroud scored with a superb, improvised backheeled volley as Arsenal eased past struggling Crystal Palace with a 2-0 win that moved them into third spot in the Premier League on Sunday.
The France international produced a flying scorpion-like flick with his left heel to convert Alexis Sanchez's cross while tumbling forward following an Arsenal counter-attack, which helped build with another neat flick, in the 17th minute.
It was uncannily similar to Henrikh Mkhitaryan's goal for Manchester United against Sunderland on Boxing Day.
While Arsenal's first goal was a stunning piece of improvisation their second after 55 minutes was a messy affair with Alex Iwobi's looping header dropping in via Palace defender Joel Ward who failed to make a goalline clearance.
Christian Benteke wasted the best of Palace's few chances when he headed wide shortly before Iwobi's effort and though Sam Allardyce's side did briefly rally, they never looked likely to get back into the game.
But Arsenal were dominant as they moved above Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur into third, nine points behind leaders Chelsea.
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