Chelsea were the only team to gain maximum points from their three games played over the festive period so far.
\nThey followed up their 8-0 thrashing of Aston Villa with wins over Norwich and Everton.<\/p>\n
Manchester United fought back from drawing with Swansea to stretch their lead over Manchester City to seven points, coming from behind to win 4-3 over Newcastle and beating West Brom 2-0.<\/p>\n
City dropped points against Sunderland, losing 1-0, and came through tight games with Reading and Norwich 1-0 and 4-3 respectively.<\/p>\n
In the Aviva Premiership, Saracens moved up to second in the table after narrowly defeating Northampton 17-16.
\nSarries raced into an 11-0 lead but the visitors replied with a converted try of their own and would have won it had Stephen Meyler not missed a last-minute penalty.<\/p>\n
They move to within a point of league leaders Harlequins who beat London Irish 26-15 at Twickenham.<\/p>\n
Danny Care\u2019s try sent them on their way and the boot of Nick Evans kept the scoreboard ticking over in what was a comfortable win.<\/p>\n
Phil Taylor made it past Raymond van Barneveld despite the Dutchman\u2019s attempt at a fightback in their BDO World Championships semi-final.<\/p>\n
Taylor had raced into a 5-1 lead but he failed to be as clinical to close out the match, missing two doubles for the win.
\nVan Barneveld brought it back to 5-4 but Taylor finally won it 6-4 to set up a final against Dutchman Michael van Gerwen.<\/p>\n