Everton – Arsenal, getty images December 21, 2025, 00:38

Saturday 20 December also saw the Round of 17 match between Everton and Arsenal at the Hill Dickinson Stadium in Liverpool. The match ended with a minimum victory of the guests 0:1. In the middle of the first half, Jack O’Brien played a handball in his own penalty area, and after a VAR review, the referee awarded a penalty, which was converted by Victor Jokeres.

In the second half, Arsenal could have doubled the advantage: Rice passed to Trossard, but the ball hit the post. The guests took three points from Liverpool and returned to the top of the championship, displacing Manchester City. Everton remained in 10th position. Vitaly Mykolenko played the entire match and received a yellow card for talking after the penalty.

Everton — Arsenal 0:1
Goal: Jokeres, 27 (pen)

Everton: Pickford – O’Brien, Tarkovsky, Keane, Mykolenko – Garner, Iroegbunam – McNeil (Dibling, 75), Alcaraz (Rel, 76), Grealish – Barry (Betu, 66)

Arsenal: Raya – Timber, Saliba, Incapier, Calafiori – Edegore (Merino, 88), Subimendi, Rice – Saka, Yokeres (Jesus, 65), Trossard (Martinelli, 80)

Warning: Mykolenko, Tarkovsky — Yokeres, Martinelli

Leeds produced one of the most convincing first halves of the season, completely outscoring Crystal Palace before the break. The hosts immediately imposed a high tempo, bet on standard positions, while the Londoners could not find an answer for a long time and could not keep up with the movement of the opponent.

In the 38th minute, Calvert-Lewin was first to react to a rebound off a save by Henderson to open the scoring, continuing his scoring streak. Crystal Palace tried to counter-attack, had a few half-moments, including Nketiah’s strike, but spent most of their time on the defensive.

In stoppage time of the first half, Leeds scored another goal. Again a long out, a header and Calvert-Lewin made it 2:0 from a few meters away.

The key moment of the second half came in the 60th minute. Another standard was again a sentence for the guests: after a commotion in the penalty area, Ampadu managed to be the first and brought the score to a crushing 3:0.

Leeds could have scored more, with Calvert-Lewin close to a hat-trick, Streak forcing Henderson to display top-level reaction and Ampadu’s long runs continued to keep the visitors’ defense under constant tension. In the 2nd additional minute, Crystal Palace scored one goal, but it did not help to save the match.

Leeds United — Crystal Peles 4:1
Goals: Calvert-Lewin, 38, 45+4, Ampadu, 60, Stach, 90+11 – Devenney, 90+2 (pen)

Leeds United: Perry – Rodon, Biyol, Streak – Bogle (Justin, 80), Aaronson (Tanaka, 77), Ampadu (Gruev, 87), Stach, Gudmundsson – Calvert-Lewin (Piru, 87), Okafor (Nyonto, 77)

Crystal Peles: Henderson – Richards, Lacroix, Gay – Clyne (Sosa, 65), Wharton, Hughes (Lerma, 46), Mitchell – Nketia (Uche, 77), Pinot (Drakes-Thomas, 86) – Mateta (Devenney, 77)

Warning: Perry — Lacroix, Gay, Wharton