COVID crisis, goals galore & a Conte Christmas

Joining Jeanette Kwakye and Ben Haines to dissect the Boxing Day fixtures are former West Ham and Aston Villa midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker and the Telegraph’s North-East correspondent Luke Edwards. With COVID continuing to cause postponements, is a break in the fixture least inevitable. If not, is it fair to continue and could the health and safety of players be at risk? There was love across North London with wins for Tottenham and Arsenal - so have Antonio Conte and Mikel Arteta turned things around? Hear from both managers. With the January transfer window set to open in less than a week, all eyes are on Newcastle. But who should Eddie Howe be looking at bringing to the club? And postponements aside, we are at the halfway point in this Premier League season, which means it's time to make some predictions. TOPICS: 0'40 How have the team spent Christmas? 5'00 What next for football given the current COVID situation? 13'50 Man City top on Boxing Day - how significant it that? 18'00 Have West Ham overperformed so far this season? 21'40 Antonio Conte interview and Tottenham turned around? 27'40 Arsenal - have we seen the end of 'Arteta Out'? 30'00 Mikel Arteta interview 35'20 January transfer window - are all eyes on Newcastle? 43'40 Predictions for the rest of the season