ands ben stokes picks up the bbc sports personality of the year award at a glittering ceremony in aberdeen. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the footballing news that kevin de bruyne‘s master show helped premier league champions manchester city to a 3—0 victory over arsenal who now find themselves just seven points from the relegation zone. the belgium international de bruyne was at the heart of everything good that pep guardiola's side produced scoring two and setting up the other one as third placed city remain 1a points behind runaway leaders liverpool. uc passes and action that i'm normally convinced cannot see it so having a special vision like this and today, i'm telling you if you have this or more goals, you score more goals and we were speaking about that and today scoring to

incredible roles and making an assistant referee. we need energy, we can't stand still and playful all especially against man city so that's what we believed in and we played against west ham for example, played extremely well, 4-1, for example, played extremely well, 4—1, 4— five and we had the same lineup but that is the difference in the league '5 between winning the league and not winning the league. jan vertonghen scored an injury time goal to help tottenham beat wolves 2—1 and end the home team's 11 game unbeaten run in the league.jose mourinho's side moved up to 5th in torrential rain at molineaux against a side he fully believes can be challenging for a top fourfinish. we cope with that best period which was after the one whether tried. , not a team that is satisfied with the points, the possibility, we

could knew we would score a goal so it could come in after that, it was to close the door for five minutes and to go home with three incredible points. manchester united drop a place to 6th after they had to come from a goal down at home to everton. toffees caretaker manager duncan ferguson has now picked up four points from his two games in charge and says he expects to be in the hotseat still when everton face leicester city at goodison park in the league cup quarter—finals on wednesday — while the manchester united manager is ruing their missed chances. we dominate with about 20 odd shots, we conceived from a set piece and he is probably one of the best teams in the league, play wise, physical, good delivery so you can always concede a goal against a team like this and we created chances to keep quite a few decent saves and for me, i feel we deserve more quite a few decent saves and for me, ifeel we deserve more but quite a few decent saves and for me, i feel we deserve more but we just ran out of time.

in italy's serie a cristiano ronaldo scored twice forjuventus as they won 3—1 at home to struggling udinese to move level at the top of the table with inter. the champions had dropped points in their previous two league outings, which included theirfirst defeat of the season against lazio last weekend but the portuguese star was on song as he made it five goals in his past four games for the old lady. juve are top on points with inter after antonio conte‘s side drew 1—1 draw at fiorentina, borja valero put inter in front afterjust eight minutes but were denied victory by a superb late equaliser from dusan vlahovic much to the delight of his team and the home fans. real madrid missed the chance to go top of la liga ahead of wednesday's el clasico despite scoring a 95th minute equaliser at valencia. carlos soler looked to have won the game at the mestalla but karim benzema

scored deep into stoppage time for los blancos who despite drawing level with barcelona remain second — while third placed sevilla were beaten 2—1 at home by villarreal. wolfsburg scored a late winner against borussia munchengladbach in the german bundesliga dropping them down to second. after going behind early moenchangladbach leveled matters just two minutes later through breel embolo but less than a minute into added on time maximilian arnold scored the winner meaning rb leipzig go top. from the first second, we played very, very well and we had three or four big chances and we scored a one first goal but they struggled obviously and it was difficult the players always believed in winning this game and we tried to score the

next goal and we get the reward with a 2—1 in the last second and really, really ha p py a 2—1 in the last second and really, really happy about this game today, especially about the performance. to france now and memphis depay‘s season is over. the lyon striker has ruptured his cruciate ligament and his club say he'll be out for no less than six months meaning he's also likely to miss out on playing for the netherlands in euro 2020. it was a miserable day for 8th placed lyon who were then beaten i—nil by rennes, while paris saint—germain strolled to a four—nil win away at saint etienne, kylian mbappe scoring twice for the league leaders. it's been a tough week for ajax after last season champions league semi—finalists failed to get out of the group stage in this year's competition, they've now been dealt a blow on the home front with fellow eredivisie side az alkmaar scoring a 90th minute winner through myron boadu on sunday. the 18—year—old rose highest from a corner to head home and put his side level with ajax on points at the top of the ladder ahead of next weekend's final game before the winter break.

now to cricket where australia have taken a 1—0 lead in their best of three test match series against new zealand after a 296 run win in perth. having set the black caps 468 to win in the day night test, tim paine‘s side bowled the tourists out in less than three sessions. mitchell starc and nathan lyon took four apiece with the second test starting in melbourne on boxing day. pakistan batsman abid ali became the first man to score a century on both test and 0di debuts as he hit an unbeaten 109 against sri lanka in rawalpindi. sri lanka were returning to the country for the first time after a 2009 terrorist attack on their team bus and despite the match being drawn the tourists were happy. it was really nice, all the pakistani people, they were cheering oui’ pakistani people, they were cheering our name so pakistani people, they were cheering our name so i think it's really good thing to do, you know, after 15

yea rs, thing to do, you know, after 15 years, a match playing here, people coming. a big crowd here in a test match. i think that is very good for pakistan in the coming years. west indies have beaten india by 8 wickets to win the first of their three match one day international series in chennai. having won the toss and elected to field, the tourists restricted india to 287 for 8 from their 50 overs before centuries from player of the match shimron hetmeyer, and an unbeaten 102 from shai hope saw them home. in the nfl — quarterback tom brady threw a pair of touchdown passes to move within one of the nfl career record as the new england patriots qualified for the post season with a 34—13 victory over the bengals in cincinnati — and the 42—year—old is more than happy with their form on the road. this team has been working hard and trying to put ourselves in a good position so it's good to win and we are six and two on the road this

year, spent last year with three and five so it was good defence play, great turnovers. some big news from the world of boxing where british heavyweight tyson fury has splitwith his trainer ben davison. it throws some doubt over his preparations and planned rematch with american wbc champion deontay wilder in february. the two have worked together for two years and insisted on social media that they intend to stay friends.. england cricketer ben stokes has been voted the 2019 bbc sports personality of the year. the british publicchose him ahead of lewis hamilton and dina asher smith following his heroics in the ashes and helping england win the cricket world cup for the first time at lord's. stokes delayed flying out for their upcoming tour of south africa to attend the awards ceremony. 0bviously obviously it's an individual award but i played a team sport in the best thing about that is that you get to share special moments with team—mates, staff, management and make days like we have possible and

i'm up here receiving this award not just by myself but without the effo rts just by myself but without the efforts that you put in the summer i wouldn't be up here doing that so thank you so much. meanwhile marathon runner eliud kipchoge has been voted the bbc‘s world sport star of the year after winning the public vote. the kenyan runner became the first person to run a marathon in under two hours in october. in winning the award, kipchoge beat off competition from, among others, gymnast simone biles and south african rugby captain siya kolisi. in the nba, six games taking place. from the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. after some heavy overnight showers

and plunging temperatures as well, we going into the new week on a bit of a wintry note for some of you. but gradually, through this week, we are set to see temperatures rise a bit more widely across the uk, but the pay—off, during the second half of the week, is wetter and windier weather is set to return once again. but let's kick off with what's happening on monday morning. a chilly start, as i said, some showers through the night, that left a covering of snow. and anywhere from wales, the midlands, northwards, temperatures will be low enough for some slippery conditions on roads and pavements, particularly northern england and central and southern scotland, where there could still be some wintry showers, giving a coating of snow over the hills. through the day, western scotland, northern ireland, the showers become more frequent than saw during sunday, with stronger winds. further south, a few showers around. one or two continuing towards the south—east, and around some eastern coasts and hill through the day. overall, a drier afternoon, brighter afternoon, and less windy one. temperatures though will be the same as we've seen through the weekend, around 4—10 degrees. the second the sun sets, they plummet away. another chilly night. few things continuing though through monday night. showers in western scotland,

northern ireland, giving further covering of snow across the grampians and the highlands, but something cloudier and wetter spreading in through the channel islands, towards east anglia and the south—east, keeping temperatures up here. away from that, though, a risk of frost, some ice, and a greater chance of some fog patches into the tuesday morning rush—hour. so a few things for tuesday to consider. cloud and outbreaks of rain in that south—east corner could continue all day long, eventually easing. there'll be fog to begin with elsewhere. that will gradually clear. a few showers dotted around in the north and the west, more especially towards shetland. many though having a drier day but quite a chilly one. after that cold start, temperatures only around 4—8 degrees during the afternoon. and a cold night will follow, with widespread frost and the return of some fog patches. this little bump here is a ridge of high pressure keeping things dry to take us into the start of wednesday. if you avoid the fog patches on wednesday, then you've got a lovely bright, crisp, sunny start to the day, with light winds. but through the day,

the breeze will be picking up in the west. northern ireland, wales, south—west england will gradually turn windier and wetter. temperatures will be on the rise into double figures by the end of the day. but much of scotland, north—eastern england, a chilly day with some sunny spells. we will see the rain arrive, as we go through wednesday night and, with a big driving area of low pressure out towards the west of us, southerly winds keep temperatures up. no frost to into thursday morning but we could see a spell of snow before that turns back to rain across the grampians and the highlands. some blizzard conditions for a time. clears its way northwards. thursday, sunshine and heavy and thundery showers. quite a breezy day as it will be on friday, more rain for many of you but temperatures will be on the up.

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