Forest up to second, Man City get morale-boosting win

Nottingham Forest climbed to second place in the Premier League with a 2-0 win at Everton on Sunday while reigning champions Manchester City ended their year with a morale-boosting victory by the same scoreline at Leicester City.

Tottenham Hotspur found little festive comfort though as they were held to a 2-2 home draw by Wolverhampton Wanderers to leave them with one win from their last seven league games.

Fulham and Bournemouth - both mounting unlikely challenges for European qualification - drew 2-2 at Craven Cottage, while Crystal Palace came from behind to beat bottom club Southampton 2-1 and ease further clear of danger.

Few would have imagined that Manchester City would end the year outside the top four and six points behind Forest but their calamitous form in the past two months has left Pep Guardiola's side with little hope of winning five straight titles.

It was hardly a vintage performance at Leicester but at least Guardiola could smile on his 500th game in charge as goals by Savinho and Erling Haaland sealed a first win in five Premier League games and their second in 14 across all competitions.

Savinho netted his first goal for City in the 21st minute, firing home a shot from a narrow angle after Phil Foden's effort had been pushed out by Leicester goalkeeper Jakub Stolarczyk.

The home side created plenty of chances to equalise but Haaland headed in Savinho's cross late on to seal the points and push City up to fifth with 31 from 19 games, four behind fourth-placed Chelsea who have a game in hand.

Forest made it five successive league wins as goals by Chris Wood, his 11th in the league this season, and Morgan Gibbs-White were enough to see off Everton at Goodison Park.

The win gives Forest, who battled against