Liverpool's next five Premier League fixtures compared to Man City and Arsenal after Fulham defeat

Fulham inflicted a second consecutive defeat on Arsenal as they beat their London rivals 2-1 at Craven Cottage, ensuring Liverpool stay top of the Premier League going into 2024.

The Gunners missed the chance to leapfrog Liverpool at the summit for the second time within a week after their loss at home to West Ham United on Thursday.

Arsenal did spend time at the summit on New Year's Eve as Bukayo Saka instinctively fired them in front but Fulham fought back through Raul Jimenez and Bobby Decordova-Reid to triumph.

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A fourth defeat of the season for the Gunners sees them stay in fourth, behind Manchester City on goal difference. City further reduced the gap at the top of the table to two points after their comfortable 2-0 home win over relegation-threatened Sheffield United on Saturday.

Tottenham Hotspur were also in action on New Year's Eve and they, unlike their North London rivals, managed to cut the deficit. The aspirations for Ange Postecoglu's side are to qualify for the Champions League.

And their 3-1 victory at home to AFC Bournemouth reduced the gap to fourth place to just one point as goals from Papa Sarr, Heung-min Son and Richarlison did the damage. Spurs are now also only three points behind leaders Liverpool, who host Newcastle United on Monday.

The Reds have suffered defeat just once in the Premier League, coming in the controversial encounter against Tottenham that saw two red cards for Jurgen Klopp's side and Luis Diaz's goal wrongly disallowed.

Newcastle have been on a tough run of results, losing their last two in the