Liverpool go seven points clear, Chelsea drop points, Man City remain in freefall

MANCHESTER, England :Premier League leaders Liverpool opened up a seven-point gap at the top as they came from a goal down to beat Leicester City 3-1 at Anfield after second-placed Chelsea lost at home to Fulham and Manchester City's woes continued on Thursday.

Arne Slot's Liverpool could not have asked for a better start to a flurry of festive fixtures as goals by Cody Gakpo, Curtis Jones and Mohamed Salah sealed the points.

The victory extended their unbeaten league run to 13 games and put Liverpool on 42 points from 17 games.

Chelsea had earlier surrendered a lead at home to Fulham to lose 2-1 - Rodrigo Muniz scoring for the visitors in the 95th minute for their first victory at Stamford Bridge since 1979.

Enzo Maresca's Chelsea have 35 points from 18 games.

Reigning champions Manchester City could only draw 1-1 at home to Everton with Erling Haaland missing a penalty as Pep Guardiola's side slipped to seventh.

Nottingham Forest moved up to third with a 1-0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur while Manchester United lost for the fourth time in five Premier League games, going down 2-0 at Wolverhampton Wanderers to sit in 14th place.

Liverpool suffered an early shock at a foggy Anfield in the last of the Boxing Day kickoffs with Jordan Ayew giving Leicester a lead in the sixth minute.

Leicester hung on until the stroke of halftime but just after Salah struck the crossbar, Gakpo curled an effort beyond Leicester goalkeeper Jakub Stolarczyk.

Liverpool put Leicester under siege straight from the break and took just four minutes into the second half Jones converted a pass by Alexis Mac Allister. Salah then grabbed his 16th league goal of the season with a trademark finish to wrap it up.

"We cannot deny we are in a good place, but still