Boxing Day sport in pictures

Football, cricket and horse racing took centre stage on the sporting Boxing Day schedule.

Here, Press Association Sport takes a look at the best pictures from the day's action.

Manchester City suffer a second successive Premier League defeat as they lose 2-1 at Leicester (Nick Potts/PA)

Xherdan Shaqiri, left, celebrates scoring the third goal as Liverpool's 4-0 win against Newcastle moves them six points clear at the top (Peter Byrne/PA)

Bryan Cooper is unseated by Coeur Sublime at the last fence of the Knight Frank Juvenile Hurdle at Leopardstown (Brian Lawless/PA)

Son Heung-min completes his brace as Tottenham thrash Bournemouth 5-0 to go second in the table (Adam Davy/PA)

Paul Pogba celebrates his second in Manchester United's 3-1 win against Huddersfield in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's first home game in charge (Martin Rickett/PA)

Cheteshwar Pujara, left, and Virat Kohli leave the field at the end of a brilliant first day of the Boxing Day Test for India at the MCG (Andy Brownbill/AP)

Glenn Murray unsuccessfully appeals for a goal as a foul had already been given by the referee during Arsenal's 1-1 draw at Brighton (Gareth Fuller/PA)

Sean Dyche walks off the field after his Burnley side were thrashed 5-1 at home to Everton (Dave Thompson/PA)

Eden Hazard scored twice for Chelsea in a 2-1 win at Watford (Steven Paston/PA)

Dale Steyn steams in to bowl on the day he became South Africa's leading wicket taker in Test cricket — Dale Steyn steams in to bowl on the day he became South Africa's leading wicket-taker in Test cricket (Themba Hadebe/AP)

Kemar Roofe heads in a dramatic stoppage-time winner after Leeds recovered from falling behind to Blackburn in the 90th minute to win 3-2 (John Walton/PA)

Scott Sinclair's hat-trick helps Celtic to a thrilling 4-3 win against Aberdeen (Ian Rutherford/PA)

Clan Des Obeaux and Harry Cobden clinch a 10th win for trainer Paul Nicholls in the King George VI Chase at Kempton (Julian Herbert/PA)

New Zealand fielder Jeet Raval takes a catch to dismiss Sri Lanka's Danushka Gunathilaka as 14 wickets fall on day one in Christchurch (Mark Baker/AP)

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