We fire up our Football Manager 15 save for the final time in 2014, to see how today’s fixtures are going to pan out according to the virtual universe.
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Tottenham Hotspur 1-6 Manchester United
It was a festive afternoon to forget for Tottenham Hotspur, who were on the back foot after an early red card for Jan Vertonghen. Emmanuel Adebayor did give them the lead, but United then ran riot – Wayne Rooney got a hat-trick, whilst Robin van Persie, Juan Mata and Daley Blind also got themselves goals.
Southampton 0-2 Chelsea
A routine win for Chelsea on the South Coast, where goals from Gary Cahill and Eden Hazard were enough to overcome a subdued virtual Southampton side.
Aston Villa 0-3 Sunderland
It was a nightmare afternoon for the hosts at Villa Park as they were picked apart by a Sunderland side who were devastating on the counter attack – Connor Wickham, Jordi Gomez and Santiago Vergini with the goals.
Hull City 1-1 Leicester City
Honours even in this relegation battle on Humberside, where Leonardo Ulloa cancelled out Gaston Ramirez’s early strike.
Manchester City 4-1 Burnley
Manchester City were given a real fright by Burnley at the Etihad Stadium, where the visitors led 1-0 at half time through Sam Vokes. City sorted themselves after the break, however, and shared the goals around with Sergio Aguero, Yaya Toure, Samir Nasri and Edin Dzeko all scoring.
Queens Park Rangers 2-0 Crystal Palace
Queens Park Rangers are as formidable at their virtual home as their real one – goals from Charlie Austin and Steven Caulker enough for a comfortable three points.
Stoke City 0-0 West Bromwich Albion
Not a lot to say about this one really, other than that Jonathan Walters missed an early penalty.
West Ham United 1-2 Arsenal
Arsenal had to come from behind to beat West Ham after Enner Valencia had given the hosts the lead – with Danny Welbeck and Aaron Ramsey the men able to respond.
Newcastle United 0-1 Everton
A late header from Romelu Lukaku was enough for Everton to record a victory over virtually struggling Newcastle United.
Liverpool 3-1 Swansea City
Comfortable for Liverpool at Anfield, where a Steven Gerrard penalty set them on their way. Wayne Routledge responded for the Swans, but goals from Mario Balotelli and Fabio Borini wrapped things up.