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The Boxing Day games include Man Utd at Sunderland, Aston Villa at Chelsea and no doubt countless fans with Santa hats

Birmingham 3-0 Middlesbrough: Blues manager Alex McLeish gets his point across to his players at St Andrews

Mikael Forssell was a handful up front, scoring the home side's second to set up McLeish's first home win

Chelsea 4-4 Aston Villa: Keeper Petr Cech makes a surprise start in one of the Premier League's all-time great games

Cech is beaten twice in the first half by Shaun Maloney, the second a real howler from the Czech international keeper

But Zat Knight's dismissal changes the complexion of the match and Andriy Shevchenko pulls one back from the spot

Michael Ballack looks to have given Chelsea the win after putting them back in front 4-3 after Martin Laursen's equaliser

But the final dramatic twist comes when skipper Gareth Barry slots an injury-time penalty to earn Villa a well-deserved point

Everton 2-0 Bolton: Tim Cahill is in the goals as David Moyes's side ease past Bolton at Goodison Park

Derby 1-2 Liverpool: A slice of Fernando Torres individual brilliance gives Liverpool the lead at Pride Park

But it takes a last-minute Steven Gerrard winner for Liverpool to keep their title hopes alive

Portsmouth 0-0 Arsenal: Not too much festive cheer from Jens Lehmann at Fratton Park - yet more socks for Christmas?

William Gallas misses the best opportunity of the match when he blazes over from 10 yards out in the last five minutes

Sunderland 0-4 Manchester United: Cristiano Ronaldo fires a beautifully struck 25-yard free-kick for a 2-0 lead

Sunderland's display does not impress Roy Keane, who looks as if he will administer some post-match 'hairdryer' treatment

Tottenham 5-1 Fulham: Robbie Keane gets the home side off to a fine start with an opportunist finish at White Hart Lane

Fulham offer some resistance but Tom Huddlestone and Keane grab braces, while Jermain Defoe scores the fifth

West Ham 1-1 Reading: Brynjar Gunnarsson is sent off for a lunge on Hayden Mullins

And Nolberto Solano soon puts the Hammers in front with a neat finish from a tight angle

But Dave Kitson grabs an equaliser against the run of play as 10-man Reading snatch a precious away point

Wigan 1-0 Newcastle: Ryan Taylor's brilliant 25-yard free-kick is the only highlight from a dour game at the JJB Stadium

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