Leicester leads the pack at Christmas

    Leicester City extended their lead on the English premiership with an away at Goodison Park .
Riyad Marhrez who contributed to the immediate sack of Jose Mourihno converted two spot kicks .
The first came in the 27 minutes after Funes Mori fouled Shinji Okazaki and was equalized in the 32minutes by Romelu Lukaku end the first half on equal terms.
Two goals came in quick succession in the  when Everton goalkeeper gave Riyad Mahrez another opportunity to goal from the spot in the 65 minutes while Shinji Okazaki increases the tally to three in the 69 minutes.
Kevin Mirallas late strike in the 89 minutes could not turn the table against the visitors.
In another game, Chelsea shook off the impact of their loss last week  to post a convincing 3-1 win over Sunderland at Stamford bridge to move 15 on the table after the sacking of José Mourihno for poor performance.
It was one all a St James Park between New Castle and  Aston Villa.
Other five matches recorded streaks of home loses. Manchester United fell at home 1-2 to a struggling Norwich City. The Red Devils were booed of the pitch by their fans. The have gone six games all competitions  without a win
West Bromwich Albion fell 1-2 to travelling Bournemouth.
Stoke City crumble before their home crowd also on 1-2 aggregate to Crystal Palce.
While Tottenham  humbled Southampton  0-2.