with each week, the title gets closer. manchester city are clear at the top. since the start of november, they have won every league match. chelsea came here as close as challengers, but even they knew at the end he had their defence would be busy. if city have some frustration, it is with jack grealish. signed for £100 million, he scored three goals. it should be more. chelsea won this fixture last may in the champions league final, but here their big chance was missed. lukaku should have scored when one—on—one. that would have been their best opening. city were on top and being kept at bay. to break chelsea down, it took something quite brilliant. so often in a stalemate, kevin de bruyne conjures the extraordinary. his goal sealed the match, his quality may seal the title. players like him make city so hard to catch. always do for the team everything and you cannot imagine how difficult it is to find this type of incredible top talent player, who had this humility to still do it. player of the year in england, a lot of prizes. we don't like the result but we have won similar matches against city. it was about individual quality today and we lacked quality up front, to very honest. city's lead at the top is now 13 points. for chelsea it is ominous. just two months ago, it was a three horse race. now one team is way out in front. the game with just five minutes old when he landed the opening goal. a nightmare errorfrom him, a defensive mistake. united surged forward again and fernandes got his second. stephen gerard set up his liverpool team—mate. and then continue with the equaliser finished 2-2. continue with the equaliser finished 2—2. villa up a place. united are seventh. at the opposite end of the table was heartbreak for newcastle. at the opposite end of the table, there was heartbreak for newcastle as watford snatached a late point at stjames' park. where boos rang out at the end — claudio ranieri the more relieved man with both sides battling for premier league survival, joao pedro got the equaliser two minutes from the end which keeps watford out of the relegation zone. allan saint—maximin had given newcastle the lead, but the point sees them remain in the bottom three. and norwich are now above newcastle after beating everton. michael keane sliced a clearance past his own goalkeeper and adam idah doubled norwich's lead two minutes later with his first premier league goal. they held on to win 2—1 and are just a point from safety. wolves' good run continues as they beat southampton 3—1 at molineaux. goals from rauljimenez and captain conor coady helped create a comfortable cushion, and adama traore scored his first of the season in stoppage time to stifle the visitors' late challenge by way of a james ward—prowse goal. and tomorrow's north london derby has been postponed. after the premier league accepted arsenal's request to call the match off. at the tottenham hotspur stadium. arsenal say it's because of positive covid—19 cases, injuries and players away at the africa cup of nations. spurs say they're extremely surprised that arsenal's application was approved. talking of afcon, nigeria have made it two wins out of two as they sealed their place in the knockout stages of the tournament. the super eagles cruised to a 3—1victory over sudan. moses simon, who plays club football in france for nantes struck the third goal. liverpool's mo salah is in action later for egypt who kick off against guinea bissau. at half—time, it is 0—0. in the womens's super league, there were good wins for the two manchester clubs. united are up to third after scoring three goals in six minutes — as they thrashed birmingham 5—0. they were three up inside 20 minutes — leah galton scoring twice. manchester city are fifth, just two points behind united, after a 3—0 win at villa made it five wins in a row for them. cricket, and england's are up against it again. zach crawley creating some indecision. pat cummings taking four wickets. joe root went lbw for 34. they rallied a little but in the end all out for 188. did make some inroads before the close of play. leaving australia on 37 43, an hundred and 52 runs ahead at stumps. next to rugby union's european champions cup where wasps overcame a red card to keep their hopes alive with a memorable victory over last season's winners, toulouse. there was a great comeback and last gasp try from leicester tigers — but defeat for ospreys. jim lumsden reports. wasps' cup runneth over. last weekend, they became the only team this season to beat leicester. but first the fizz turned flat. european champions over the lead in a minute. but back came wasps. brad shields added another score. but they lost jacob and maga, and received a second red card in as many games, this time after a clash of heads. after the break, toulouse fought back, but alfie scored and put an end tothe contest. and his side 130 — 22. what a week to be a wasp. how would leicester response to the end of their unbeaten run? tries from joe hayes in the first ten minutes. but they lead and led by 14 points at half—time. but leicester struck three more times. as they won a thrilling contest, 29 points to 28. guaranteed their place in the last 16. osprey�*s hopes of reaching the next stage were served a blow. the french side took control with three of their own to finish 25—10. exeter ran in eight tries. it was a hat—trick. and pretty awful visibility in the bay of biscay, where bath were beaten. no bonus point for bath. and one other champions cup game left tonight. that one kicks off in a short while at eight o'clock. on to snooker, and neil robertson fought back from 4—1 down. williams missed a key chance to claim victory late on and robertson capitalised on the shift in momentum which provided an extraordinary conclusion. robertson capitalised in the shift in momentum. roberston will now face either judd trump or barry hawkins in tomorrow's final. you can follow that semifinal at the moment on bbc two. 150th cap in the game. the other match, world champions new zealand lost to australia. novak djokovic is scheduled to begin the defence of his title at the australian open on monday, but he is of course back at the detention hotel in melbourne now ahead of a court hearing that is at 10:30pm tonight uk time. the world number one, who isn't vaccinated against 10:30pm tonight uk time. the world number one, who isn't vaccinated against covid—19, 10:30pm tonight uk time. the world number one, who isn't vaccinated against covid—19, this 10:30pm tonight uk time. the world number one, who isn't vaccinated against covid—19, this is deportation after his visa was cancelled for a second time. his legal team have been preparing his case following the decision by australia's immigration minister to cancel the visa on the grounds of health and good order. things haven't quite gone to plan for emma raducanu since herfairy tale win at the us open. worth remembering she's about to play in only her third grand slam — and her first australian open. raducanu faces a tough opening match in melbourne against fellow us open winner sloane stephens. she's been talking to tennis correspondent riussell fuller ahead of the tournament. obviously the preparation hasn't been ideal, but for me i think the last week i have just been really enjoying playing here. i haven't been able to train that much even here because, if i train so much, i willjust get injured. but the practices have been heading in the right direction. i'm just excited to play hopefully a good match in front of some fans. and sloane stephens — like yourself, a us open champion. she wasn't quite such a surprise winner as you were. yeah, i don't remember so much. ijust remember the final when she won. yeah, very tough opponent. she won a slam so she is very good and she moves incredibly well. so i think it is going to be for sure a challenge, but i'm just happy to be out here and playing. and do you sense already that other players are doubly keen to beat you? i think that... maybe. i think that my opponents have been playing some great tennis when i've played them. that is always going to happen. it could be extra motivation. when you see someone young and you want to play them and put them in their place a little, maybe. so it's all part of it and i'm just taking it in my stride. it will happen, i will get my chances again. andy murray's hopes are over after he was beaten in the final of the sydney classic. murray was broken in the opening game and struggled on, out powered by his opponent. he battled hard towards the end of the second set, creating five break opportunities. but murray ultimately couldn't take them. murray will now head to melbourne for the australian open. that is all from me and the sportsday team. i will have an update for you later tonight. for now, goodbye. hello. not as cold are quite as foggy for many of you tonight. the breeze picks up, touching gale force at times. turning to clearer skies later. temperatures by and large above freezing. one or two pockets of rust around on sunday, but nowhere near as abundant as it has been of late. our weather front pushes its way southwards. nothing more than a cloud and one or two isolated showers later on. it does then introduce lots more sunshine across the country for the afternoon. certainly a brighter day compared to today. we see across the north of scotland, but the wind is coming off the atlantic so by and large temperatures will be up a little of what we have seen the past few days. and then through the week ahead, after a sunny start to the week, we will see some rain and wind at times. then it's back to some dry days but some rusty and foggy nights. this is bbc news, i'm kasia madera with the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. the uk's prime minister is told to lead or step aside, as details of lockdown parties continue to emerge. the leader of the opposition says it's now in the national interest for borisjohnson to go. lawyers for virginia giuffre want two people in the uk to give evidence in her civil case against prince andrew. the duke's legal team argue ms giuffre may suffer from false memories. prince andrew has repeatedly denied allegations of sexual assault. novak djokovic spends the night in an immigration detention hotel in melbourne ahead of a court hearing to decide whether he'll be deported from australia. the eruption of a giant underwater volcano near the island nation of tonga has triggered tsunami waves across the southwestern pacific.

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