Main news from English football on 21st December

On the day when Gabriel Jesus took his goal tally against Crystal Palace to five in four days as Arsenal hammered their London rivals 5-1 at Selhurst Park to reclaim third spot in the Premier League, Aston Villa beat crisis-hit Manchester City 2-1 to heap more misery on floundering manager Pep Guardiola, who has now suffered nine defeats in his past 12 matches. Elsewhere, Alexander Isak scored his first hat-trick in the English top flight as Newcastle ran riot at Ipswich while West Ham and Brighton shared the spoils at the London Stadium.