Chelsea`s grip on the Premier League title race tightened as they beat Bournemouth 3-0 on Monday to register a club- record 12th successive league win that took them nine points clear at the top.

Chelsea’s next game is at home against Stoke on New Year’s Eve. If they win, the chance to make it 14 victories will come in the derby against Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane on 4 January.

The results: Arsenal 1 (Giroud 86) bt West Brom 0, Burnley 1 (Gray 81) bt Middlesbrough 0, Chelsea 3 (Pedro 24, 90+3, Hazard 49-pen) bt Bournemouth 0, Leicester 0 lost to Everton 2 (Mirallas 51, Lukaku 90+1), Manchester United 3 (Blind 39, Ibrahimovic 82, Mkhitaryan 86) bt Sunderland 1 (Borini 90+1), Swansea 1 (Llorente 89) lost to West Ham 4 (Ayew 13, Reid 50, Antonio 78, Carroll 90), Watford 1 (Deeney 71-pen) drew with Crystal Palace 1 (Cabaye 26).