**Chelsea's** poor Premier League form extended to one win in seven games as **Bournemouth** held on for a 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge.
All four goals came in an eventful first half as the visitors took an early lead through David Brooks before Cole Palmer’s penalty levelled things.
Enzo Fernandez struck to make it 2-1 but predictably Chelsea could not hold on, Justin Kluivert equalising before the break when a long throw from Antoine Semenyo was inadvertently flicked to the far post by Trevor Chalobah, where Kluivert was waiting to knock it home.
Chelsea needed a result to restore a sense that things are progressing under Enzo Maresca. Instead they gave a performance that affirmed their frailties, from the absence of confident leadership to helm them in defence and midfield, to an inability to take the myriad of chances that fell their way.
James Garner returned to haunt former club **Nottingham Forest** as he starred in **Everton's** 2-0 win.
The midfielder spent a season-and-a-half on loan at the City Ground, helping them win promotion to the Premier League, but there was no room for sentiment as he scored one and made Thierno Barry’s second after the break in a virtuoso display.
It saw David Moyes’ side return to winning ways after three games without victory as they beat Forest for the second time in three-and-a-half weeks.
The win also pours more misery on their former boss Sean Dyche, whose side just cannot pull away from relegation danger.
Early goals from Joelinton and Yoane Wissa set **Newcastle** on their way to only their second away win of the Premier League season as they held off battling **Burnley** 3-1 at Turf Moor.
Joelinton's first Premier League goal in 365 days put the Magpies ahead just 65 seconds in and six minutes later Wissa marked his first league start for the Magpies with his first league goal for them.
Josh Laurent dragged relegation-battling Burnley back into it in the 23rd minute, but despite a string of second-half chances they could not find an equaliser.
Bruno Guimaraes settled it in stoppage time, capitalising on a defensive mix-up to score from 25 yards, leaving Burnley winless in 10 games and six points adrift of safety.
For Newcastle, it was a first win on the road since they beat Everton 4-1 on 29 November, but it was not entirely convincing as Burnley dominated the second half before the gift of the third Newcastle goal.
**West Ham** were unable to grab a relegation lifeline after they were held to a 2-2 draw in a breathless contest against bogey side **Brighton**.
The Hammers were leading 2-1 and could have cut the gap to safety to just two points.
But Joel Veltman scrambled home an equaliser to leave the Hammers still in deep trouble and in possession of a remarkable record of still having never managed to beat Brighton at home, in what now is nine Premier League meetings.
Earlier, Danny Welbeck scored one penalty and missed another. Lucas Paqueta gave away one penalty and scored another. It was that sort of evening, the end of which meant both teams have gone through December without registering a single win.