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Premier League returns: Arsenal extend lead, Southampton bottom, pressure grows on bosses

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Premier League football resumed with a feast of Boxing Day fixtures, 40 days after the top-flight broke up for the World Cup in Qatar.

Monday's seven fixtures produced a bumper 25 goals, with table-toppers Arsenal showing no signs of letting up by securing a 3-1 win over West Ham.

Southampton now find themselves bottom of the league following a home defeat and Everton were left in despair after conceding late on at Goodison Park.

BBC Sport looks at the main headlines from the Premier League's dramatic return.

No World Cup hangover for Gunners

Eddie Nketiah
Eddie Nketiah, starting in place of the injured Gabriel Jesus, scored Arsenal's third on Monday

Any suggestions the World Cup break might stall Arsenal's momentum were quashed in Monday's final game.