Premier league video highlights: Arsenal vs Wolves golie Wayne Hennessey and Tottenham Gareth Bale vs Norwich

Arsenal had the opportunity to go to the top four in premier league for the first time this season but it was Wayne Hennessey who stood on their way to earn 10-men Wolverhampton a 1-1 draw. Wayne Hennessey Also kept Robin Van Persie at bay on 3 goals in a calender year and will have to wait for the remaining game against QPR to try break Thierry Henry's record or go to level with Alan Shearer's record of 36 goals.

Watch Wolvehampton Goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey vs Arsenal
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Tottenham Spurs continue their superb form collecting all three point from Norwich City with 2-0 victory thank to Gareth Bale goals. Tottenham are now within 7 points to league leaders Manchester City and Manchester United. Gareth Bale crucial role at Spurs keeps showing up with Redknapp warning clubs off the unstoppable Wales international describing Manchester City, Barcelona and Real Madrid as only clubs that can pay his wages. Bale scoring record is fast improving having score 11 goals in 41 games last season to 8 goals in 18 games this season.
Watch Tottenham Gareth Bale vs Norwich City

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Premier League – Boxing day, New year and other holiday fixtures and results

Premier league is set to resume after Christmas with games fixtures on Boxing Day, New Year and other days during holiday season. 

The unfamiliar league leader especially on Christmas season, Manchester City are seating at the top for the first time since 1929. Mancini will be away to West Bromwich Albion and Sunderland were his boy will be fighting to get back to winning ways in away matches after suffering their first defeat to Chelsea and draw at Liverpool. 

Manchester United have two matches at home Wigan Athletic and Blackburn Rovers followed by a travel to surprise package of the season Newcastle who had had a bad run in recent games.  Phil Jones was clear on bone fracture and might play against Wigan Athletic but Ashley Young will be sidelined.

Third placed Tottenham showed superb performance to remain at 3rd place with a 1-1 draw against Chelsea will be facing promoted clubs Norwich City away and then Swansea City. Spurs received positive news on  Rafael van der Vaart recovery but will be without important players like  Aaron Lennon and Jermain Defoe.

Chelsea face Fulham in another tough London Derby will be trying to start cutting down the 11 points gap with the league leaders to get back in title challenge. Andre Villa-Boas still see it is possible to challenge for title as long as Chelsea stay close to the top four but he face tough challenge.

Arsenal on 5th place plays Wolverhampton Wanderers on Boxing Day before two consecutive London derbies Queen's Park Rangers and Fulham.  Robin Van Persie, the current premier league top scorer will be looking to add is goal tally to 36 in the next two game to equal Alan Shearer's 36 goals in one calender year record.

Liverpool put a fantastic show against Manchester City will be trying to find positive results and cover for the Luis Suarez racism charges as well as clubs decision to support the player by wearing Suarez branded T-Shirts. They face Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United.

Manchester United vs Wigan video highlights 5-0  

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Premier league holiday fixtures video highlights and results

Monday 26 December 2011
Bolton vs Newcastle 0-2
Chelsea vs Fulham 1-1
Liverpool vs Blackburn 1-1
Man Utd vs Wigan 5-0
Sunderland vs Everton 1-1
West Brom vs Man City 0-0
Stoke vs Aston Villa  1-1

Tuesday 27 December 2011
Arsenal vs Wolverhampton 1-1

Norwich vs Tottenham 0-2

Swansea vs QPR 1-1

Friday 30 December 2011

Liverpool vs Newcastle 3-1

Saturday 31 December 2011
Arsenal vs QPR 1-0
Bolton vs Wolverhampton 1-1
Chelsea vs Aston Villa 1-3
Man Utd vs Blackburn 2-3
Norwich vs Fulham 1-1
Stoke vs Wigan 2-2
Swansea vs Tottenham 0-1

Sunday 01 Jan 2011

West Brom vs Everton 0-1

Sunderland vs Man City 1-0

Arsene Wenger is pondering resigning MLS-New York Red Bulls striker Thierry Henry on 2 months loan deal on premier league January transfer window.

Arsenal FC legend and the current MLS side New York Red Bulls Striker Thierry Henry might move back to his former club on short loan deal on January transfer window. Thierry Henry once returned to Arsenal this year but was on a different club during Emirates cup which was won by New York Red Bulls.

Arsenal's Legend Thierry Henry might play for Arsenal again after his move to Barcelona and New York Red Bulls.

During his time at premier league Thiery Henry won two league titles, 3 FA cups in 8 years period before he moved to Barcelona in 2007  for £16 million and then New Yolk Red Bulls in 2010. The Frenchman still held the club's record  as all-time scorer, played 307 matches and scored 226 goals for the gunners, won 2 PFA player of the year awards and won premier league top scorers award four times. His contributions for Arsenal FC have been recognized official by the club by unveiling his statue at Emirates Stadium on club's 125th-anniversary.The Frenchman will be a perfect move for the gunner as replacement of Africa players; Gervinho and Marouane Chamakh who are expected to leave in January for the African Nations Cup.

Robin Van Persie have been the key striker for the Gunner and recently equaled Henry’s record on 34 goals in one calendar year and if he score in two goals in this year remaining two games he will be level to Alan Shearer’s 36 goals per year, a premier league record. Wenger sees Henry’s move as the best options to consider when January window open.

"I have to think about that,"  …………. "Short term is ideal for us, but I haven't made any enquiry yet. Wenger said and continued "January 1 is the vital date for us. We have seven days to make decisions and I will make a decision in the next seven days on players."

The Major LeagueSoccer season start on March which rise temptation for Wenger as well as Arsenal fans to see Henry playing for the gunner once more in one of the toughest premier league season. The striker score 14 goals for New York Red Bulls in the last season only two goals short from MLS top scorers Dwayne Rosario and Chris Wondolowski both scored 16 goals.

Festus Baise Spectacular Own Goal "Reverse Scorpion or Bicycle Kick"

Festus Baise scored a spectacular wonder own goal with what can be compared to a reverse scorpion or bicycle kick in Hong Kong first division fixture between Citizen and Sun Hei. The Nigerian centre back was even congratulated by team mates but he was glad that his team managed to come out with 3-2 victory. The kick has been compared to Wayne Rooney fantastic overhead bicycle-kick in 2010-2011 in Manchester United vs Manchester City derby.

Festus Baise spectacular reverse scorpion kick own goal

Top 5 scorers in Premier league, Spanish La Liga, France Ligue 1, Bundesliga, Scotish SPL and Serie A competition for European golden boot on 23 December 2011

Mario Gomez, Robin Van Persie, Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney are among top scorers La Liga, Premier league and Bundesliga competing for Golden boot.

Barclays Premier league, Spanish La Liga, Italy Serie A, Ligue 1, Scottish premier league, German Bundesliga and France Ligue 1 top scorers competition for golden boot on 23 December 2011. Cristiano Ronaldo leads the European league top scorers in both number of goals as well as goals coefficients.

Barclays Premier league top scorers

1	Robin Van Persie	Arsenal FC	16
2	Sergio Agüero	Manchester City	13
3	Demba Ba	Newcastle	13
4	Wayne Rooney	ManchesterUnited	13
5	Edin Dzeko	Manchester City	10

Robin Van Persie keeps on scoring goal after goal to remain the premier league top scorer. He has now reached 34 goals in one calender year and add another fantastic football record for him and Arsenal. Sergio Aguero and Demba Ba both score two goals move to level with Wayne Rooney. Yakubu Aiyegbeni also has scored ten goals with Emmanuel Adebayor  and Daniel Sturridge score in Tottenham Chelsea 1-1 draw yesterday.

Top assist

David Silva (Manchester City) 8

Juan Mata (Chelsea) 7

Samir Nasri (Manchester City)7
Juan Mata (Chelsea)  7

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Bundesliga top scorers

1	Mario Gomez	Bayern Munich	16
2	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	SC Freiburg	15
3	Lukas Podolski	FC Cologne8	14
4	Claudio Pizarro	Werder Bremen	12
5	Robert Lewandowski	Borussia Dortmund	12

Mario Gomez and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar are leading top scorer in bundersliga on first and second place respectively. Raúl Gonzalez (Schalke 04) and Marco Reus (Borussia Monchengladbach) are top contenders to enter top five bundesliga goal scorers list with 10 goals each.

Top assist

Juan Arango  (Borussia Monchengladbach)   7

Franck Ribéry (Bayern Munich)  6

Claudio Pizarro (Werder Bremen) 6
Raffael (Hertha Berlin) 6
Gokhan Tore (Hamburg SV) 6

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France Ligue 1 top scorers 

1	Olivier Giroud	Montpellier	12
2	Kevin Gameriro	PSG	9
3	Batetimbi Gomis	Lyon	7
4	Alain Traoré	AJ Auxerre	7
5	Anderson Nene	PSG	7

Olivier Giroud is clear at the top of France league one top scorers list with 12 goals, three goals more than second placed Kevin Gameriro. Dennis Oliech (AJ Auxerre) and Loïc Remy (Marseille) also has 7 goals Mathieu Valbuena  of  Marseille lead as top assist in league one with 7 so far.

Top assist

Mathieu Valbuena (Marseille) 9

Jérémy Menez (Paris Saint-Germain) 6
Cedric Barbosa (Evian Thonon Gaillard) 6
Eden Hazard   (Lille) 6
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Spanish La Liga top scorers

1	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	20
2	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	17
3	Gonzalo Higuaín	Real Madrid	12
4	Roberto Soldado	Valencia	11
5	Radamel Falcao	Atletico Madrid	9

Cristiano Ronaldo scored his fifth hattrick in La Liga this season to move at the top of La Liga top scorer with 20 goals, 3 more than world player of the year, Lionel Messi the Barcelona star. Lately there has been a tough competition for top scorer post between the two players which is also reflected on Real Madrid and Barcelona clubs. Cesc Fábregas (Barcelona) and Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) each have 8 goals.

Top assist

Ángel Di María (Real Madrid) 13

Lionel Messi (Barcelona)7
 Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 6

Daniel Alves (Barcelona) 6

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Italy Serie A top scorers

1	German Denis	Atlanta	12
2	Zlatan Ibrahimovic	AC Milan	11
3	Antonio Di Natale	Udinese	10
4	Edinson Cavani	Napoli	9
5	Miroslav Klose	Lazio	8

German Denis and Zlatan Ibrahimovic stay close at the top but all players on top five list are separated by one goal difference and the top scorer table can easily change. Players on seven goals marks includes Sebastian Giovinco (Parma),Pablo Daniel Osvaldo (AS Roma),Stevan Jovetic (Fiorentina).

Top assist

Antonio Cassano (AC Milan) 7
Alberto Aquilani  (AC Milan) 6
Miralem Pjanic (AS Roma) 5
Djibril Cissé  (Lazio) 5 

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Scottish Premier League SPL top scorers

1	Nikica Jelavic	Rangers	12
2	Gary Hooper	Celtic	11
3	Steven John Naismith	Rangers	9
4	Anthony Stokes	Celtic	8
5	Garry O'Connor	Hibernian	8

The top four positions in top scorer for scottsh premier league continue to be dominated with Celtic and Rangers. Scott Vernon (Aberdeen) had also scored eight goals.

Top assist
Steven Davis (Rangers) 10
Anthony Stokes (Celtic) 7
Nicky Law (Motherwell)7

Premier league Video: Tottenham and Chelsea stay 3rd and 4th respectively as Adebayor and Sturridge score in 1-1 draw,

Picture: Emmanuel Adebayor and Daniel Sturridge both scored in Tottenham vs Chelsea 1-1 draw: Source Zimbio.com

Chelsea had once again being held to a 1-1 draw but this time to a team one place above it on premier league table as Emmanuel Adebayor and Daniel Sturrigde score and set to enter premier league top scorers table. Tottenham are will be on third place on this Christmas with a game on hand.

Chelsea FC manager Andre Villas-Boas was impressed by his team performance despite a draw.

'The performance was outstanding, whatever outcome, whatever the result,' He said. 'Even if the ball had gone into the back of the net in the last minute I would have come out of here extremely satisfied. I don't think we lost two points, coming to White Hart Lane with the run Tottenham are on. Getting a point here with the happenings in the game is excellent. He continued.

The manager also praised the under pressure John Terry for his commitment. 'His commitment and concentration were fantastic,' .... 'He anticipated the situation and it was a big opportunity for Tottenham, but we had massive opportunities before from the shot from Drogba that hit the bar and Ramires one on one with the keeper. Andre Villas-Boas said. 

Premier League video Chelsea vs Tottenham 1-1 
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Premier league news and video highlights: Chelsea ended Manchester City unbeaten run as Lampard and Maireles cancel early balotelli goal

Chelsea FC have secured a third consecutive crucial win after beating premier league leaders Manchester City 2-1 at Stamford Bridge and registered the first league loss for Mancini's boys and end Manchester City unbeaten run.

The win came after two over victories against Newcastle (3-0) and champions league decider match against Valencia (3-0). Having fall a goal behind just on second minutes after Mario Balotelli score the opener, Andre Villas-Boas's club was able to fight back and level the score on 34' minute through Raul Meireles. Manchester City were reduced to ten men after Gael Clicly received two yellow card and a third City red card in 6 premiership games. City self destruct continue when Joleon Lescott handed a ball on penalty box and Frank Lampard netted to give Chelsea a winner on 82'. Lampard who missed a penalty kick against Newcastle is now on level with 7 goals for Chelsea as Daniel Sturridge.

Once again Andre Villas-Boas praised his team 'Going 1-0 down so early in the game made things very difficult because it gave Man City even more motivation and belief,' He said.

Chelsea ended poor run of loosing to big teams having lost to Manchester United (3-1), Arsenal (5-3) and Liverpool (2-0) and move to third place, 7 points behind the league leaders and 5 behind second place Manchester United.

Chelsea vs Manchester City Video highlights of all goals.
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Chelsea vs Manchester City goal scorers

Mario Balotelli (2')

Raul Meireles (34')

Frank Lampard (pen 82')

Champions league: Chelsea FC beat Valencia to top group E, Marseille later show see them through video highlights

Chelsea FC avoided being knocked out at Champions league group stage for the first time in history by beating Valenci 3-0 thanks to Drogba's goals on either side of Ramirez's.

Chelsea vs Valencia Video highlights (3-0)
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In another game, Marseille late show against Borussia Dortmund paid as they scored two later goals to come from 2-1 down to win 3-2 and book a place in champions league knock-out stage.

Borussia Dortmund vs Marseille Video highlights (2-3)
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Top 5 scorers in Premier league, Spanish La Liga, France Ligue 1, Bundesliga, Scotish SPL and Serie A competition for European golden boot on 13 December 2011

Cristiano Ronaldo current La Liga top scorer on level with Lionel Messi: Source http://dailyfootballnews.org

Barclays Premier league, Spanish La Liga, Italy Serie A, Ligue 1, Scottish premier league, German Bundesliga and France Ligue 1 top scorers competition for golden boot on 13 December 2011. Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are on good race for European league golden boot with 17 goals each.

Barclays Premier league top scorers

1	Robin Van Persie	Arsenal FC	15
2	Sergio Agüero	Manchester City	11
3	Edin Dzeko	Manchester City	11
4	Wayne Rooney	ManchesterUnited	11
5	Demba Ba	Newcastle	11

Robin Van Persie superb goals secured Arsenal three points from Everton after they missed a lot of clear chances. He scored his 15th goals of the season and remained as the current premier league top scorer. The history boys is the current Arsenal crucial players and he can score more if he managed to escape injuries which let him down in previous seasons. Wayne Rooney and the on form Newcastle striker, Demba Ba scored two goals each to stay in sportsnews247 top scorers table.

Top assist

David Silva (Manchester City) 8

Juan Mata (Chelsea) 7

Samir Nasri (Manchester City) 6

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Bundesliga top scorers

1	Mario Gomez	Bayern Munich	15
2	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	SC Freiburg	14
3	Lukas Podolski	FC Cologne8	13
4	Claudio Pizarro	Werder Bremen	12
5	Robert Lewandowski	Borussia Dortmund	10

Mario Gomez still a top scorer for Bayern Munich as well as Bundesliga with 15 goals. Marco Reus (Borussia Monchengladbach) also has 10 goals.

Top assist

Juan Arango  (Borussia Monchengladbach)   7

Franck Ribéry (Bayern Munich)  6

Claudio Pizarro (Werder Bremen) 5

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France Ligue 1 top scorers 

1	Olivier Giroud	Montpellier	12
2	Kevin Gameriro	PSG	9
3	Batetimbi Gomis	Lyon	7
4	Alain Traoré	AJ Auxerre	7
5	Anderson Nene	PSG	7

Loïc Remy  (Marseille), Dennis Oliech (AJ Auxerre) and Loïc Remy (Marseille) also has 7 goals Mathieu Valbuena  of  Marseille lead as top assist in league one with 7 so far.
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Spanish La Liga top scorers

1	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	17
2	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	17
3	Gonzalo Higuaín	Real Madrid	12
4	Roberto Soldado	Valencia	9
5	Karim Benzema	Real Madrid	7

The race for Pichichi award and European golden boot award is still on for Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Criatiano Ronaldo has improved his goal scoring average compared to the average at Manchester United. Cesc Fábregas (Barcelona), Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) and Radamel Falcao Garcia (Atlético Madrid) each have 7 goals.

Top assist

Ángel Di María (Real Madrid) 11 

Lionel Messi (Barcelona)7
 Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 6

Daniel Alves (Barcelona) 6

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Italy Serie A top scorers

1	German Denis	Atlanta	11
2	Antonio Di Natale	Udinese	10
3	Zlatan Ibrahimovic	AC Milan	9
4	Miroslav Klose	Lazio	8
5	Sebastian Giovinco	Parma	7

Edinson Cavani (Napoli) also has 7 goals.

Top assist

Antonio Cassano (AC Milan) 7
Alberto Aquilani  (AC Milan) 6
Miralem Pjanic (AS Roma) 5
Djibril Cissé  (Lazio) 5

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Scottish Premier League SPL top scorers

1	Nikica Jelavic	Rangers	12
2	Gary Hooper	Celtic	10
3	Steven John Naismith	Rangers	9
4	Anthony Stokes	Celtic	8
5	Garry O'Connor	Hibernian	8

Top assist
Steven Davis (Rangers) 9
Anthony Stokes (Celtic) 7
Nicky Law (Motherwell) 5