Aside from the three postponements that shortened the Premier League's Boxing Day slate considerably, there was another prevailing theme on Sunday: the gift of goals.
Between a nine-goal thriller at the Etihad and a pair of lopsided routs won by North London's two powers, the Boxing Day slate did not disappoint from an entertainment standpoint. Man City's 6–3 win over Leicester City was, according to Opta, the highest-scoring Boxing Day match of the Premier League era and the highest scoring Dec. 26 game in England's top flight since Man United's 1991 win over Oldham by the same scoreline.