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The sporting weekend in pictures

Liverpool stretched their lead to four points in the Premier League and Dillian Whyte won his grudge return with Dereck Chisora.

Mohamed Salah was on target once again as Liverpool won at Wolves on Friday evening, Manchester City suffered a shock home loss to Crystal Palace, interim manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer saw Manchester United win 5-1 at Cardiff, Leicester defeated Chelsea and Tottenham hit Everton for six.

In boxing there were big title wins for Dillian Whyte and Josh Warrington.

Here we look at some of the weekend's best action in pictures.

Virgil Van Dijk
Virgil Van Dijk wrapped up the victory as Liverpool beat Wolves at Molineux (Nick Potts/PA)
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was a happy man after the interim manager had seen Manchester United win 5-1 at Cardiff in the first game since Jose Mourinho was sacked (Nick Potts/PA)
Andros Townsend
Andros Townsend was able to celebrate a spectacular goal as Crystal Palace shocked Manchester City who lost 3-2 at home (Martin Rickett/PA)
Roy Hodgson
Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson had plenty to smile about after his side had defeated City on their own patch (Martin Rickett/PA)
Chelsea v Leicester City – Premier League – Stamford Bridge
Jamie Vardy was also on target as Leicester upset Chelsea 1-0 at Stamford Bridge (Nigel French/PA)
Dele Alli
Dele Alli continued his good run of scoring form in Tottenham's 6-2 demolition of Everton at Goodison Park on Sunday (Peter Byrne/PA)
Everton v Tottenham Hotspur – Premier League – Goodison Park
Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino was again fielding questions about Manchester United and the style of the win at Everton did his reputation no harm (Peter Byrne/PA)
O2 Arena Boxing
Dereck Chisora was left on the canvas as he suffered an 11th round knockout by Dillian Whyte during their grudge match at the O2 Arena in London (Steven Paston/PA)
Manchester Arena Boxing
Josh Warrington retained his world featherweight title with a defeat of Carl Frampton at the Manchester Arena (Martin Rickett/PA)
Darts fans dressed as Ali G
Fans dressed as Ali G on Saturday for day 10of the William Hill World Darts Championships at Alexandra Palace (John Walton/PA)
harry Williams
Exeter's Harry Williams scored a try during the 31-13 defeat of Saracens in the Gallagher Premiership at Sandy Park (David Davies/PA)
Shane Breen and Clyde VA
Ireland's Shane Breen and Clyde VA competed in the Christmas Masters during the London International Horse Show at Olympia (Steve Parsons/PA)
Steven Gerrard
Rangers manager Steven Gerrard was critical of his side's first-half display after they had to come back from a goal down to beat St Johnstone 2-1 (Jane Barlow/PA)
2018 William Hill World Darts Championship – Day Eleven – Alexandra Palace
James Wade, left, kept his cool after beating Keegan Brown in the William Hill World Darts Championships at Alexandra Palace. Wade had been criticised for the way he celebrated a victory earlier in the tournament (John Walton/PA)

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