But not for want of trying. And theres an injury scare for Manchester United in the last of todays premier league matches. Lu ka ku is stretchered off at old trafford. Good evening, well have a close look at the football in just a moment and also todays rugby union results but well start with a a chnage in fortune for englands cricketers. Victory may have been beyond them but they have avoided an ashes whitewash. They had hope heading into the final day but another century from the australia captain steve smith saw the 4th test peter out into a draw. Patrick gearey reports from melbourne. England fans were the noisiest and most visible element today. They we re most visible element today. They were hoping to see a first dramatic victory of this ashes series. In the end steve smith got in the way, batting australia through for a draw and scored another century. It was and scored another century. It was an anti climactic end for england. Morning has broken, but with the australians . With the weather kind after the rain yesterday, england we re after the rain yesterday, england were up against vanishing time and two batsmen in anything but a hurry. When david warner shuffle to his 50 he had been at the crease for more than three hours. Joe root had been given a puzzle for his birthday. He decided he might be the answer and he came on to bowl, warner took the bait and james vince took the cash. Stuart broads accuracy and the agility ofjonny bairstow removed marsh. The other was bogged down initially but mitchell escaped. Steve smith was still there as he had been all day, as he always seems to be. With england getting no help from the pitch and even less from the australian captain, all that was left was for smith to complete his century and secured the draw. England could not shift him, whatever their efforts. A draw meant that england would not have to suffer the embarrassment of a 5 0 whitewash but they did not get the victory they felt their performance deserved and i as the england captain whether his main emotion was pride of frustration. I am very proud of the way they went about it. Came off three very difficult games and putting in a performance like thatis and putting in a performance like that is pleasing and that is what we are about as a side. It is a fair reflection of what we are capable of asa team. Reflection of what we are capable of as a team. On a very unresponsive wicket, to perform the way we did on the first and second day was outstanding. There has been criticism of this pitch which has been slow and has not allowed free scoring or easy wicket taking and even steve smith who scored so many iu ns even steve smith who scored so many runs on it said it was not an ideal surface. I dont mind if they are flat as such but they need to have some pace and carry mm. This wicket has none of that, it skids through basically and if you look at their caperand basically and if you look at their caper and slips through out the game, we are standing so close and i dont think it is good for anyone. Let us get more reaction from geoffrey boycott. I think everyone who has seen england play should go away with confidence. Whether they can deliver the same again, i dont know, i am can deliver the same again, i dont know, lam not in can deliver the same again, i dont know, i am not in their head. This one, we have notjust played with them, we have been in the ascendancy for most of the time which has not happened in the other three. The action moves to sydney for the fifth test, that pitch is known to spend so test, that pitch is known to spend so might england call up mason crane . They will want to build on an improved performance here to get that all importa nt first improved performance here to get that all important first victory. Patrick geary in melbourne. Celtic head into the new year eight points clear at the top of the scottish premiership. It was goalless between celtic and rangers in the old firm match. Hoops boss Brendan Rodgers said it was a fair result. But as youll see both teams had their chances to win it. Adam wild reports. If this has been the season of peace and goodwill, it was never likely to continue here. Few footballing cities are divided quite like glasgow and in recent times these teams have been further apart. It is now more than seven years since rangers beat celtic in the league. This did not look like changing. James forrest just a this did not look like changing. James forrestjust a fingertip away. Rangers would have plenty to thank their goalkeeper for, rangers would have plenty to thank their goalkeeperfor, keeping celtic out time and again. Those who have seen out time and again. Those who have seen it all before note that if you wait long enough, fortunes changed and in this derby, rangers fans only had to wait until the second half. Now they were making the chances, forcing the saves. If that was brilliant by craig gordon, the next was astonishing. Neither keeper deserved to be beaten and neither was. The great rivalry ends for another year, both missing the chance to have the last word, both with plenty on which to reflect. Ann meyers, bbc news. Elsewhere in the scottish premiership today, there were no goals either between second place aberdeen and fifth place hearts. Hibs and kilmarnock also drew. And there were wins for hamilton, partick and dundee. Iamjoined i am joined now by our football reporter. We will look through the premier league matches, six results in so far. Liverpool had a scare with their shoddy defending but came from behind against leicester. Jamie vardy scored for Leicester City after some bad defending byjoel matip but they fought back well, liverpool, the hero again was mohamed salah, 23 goals he has scored in all competitions, equalling a club record. Liverpool deserved it. They had so many chances, salah had three good chances, salah had three good chances but jurgen chances, salah had three good chances butjurgen klopp, big celebrations, this is an important win. Mortgages for liverpool, watching in the stance was their new star, virgil van dijk, signed from southampton, £75 million, a club record for a defender, he wouldve enjoyed the victory and so did jurgen klopp. We the game. Two fantastic goals. It was a deserved win. Mentality wise, it was an outstanding performance and i am really happy. The biggest win of the day was at stamford bridge. Chelsea beat stoke back in september and they went one better today. They we re they went one better today. They were superb. But they did not get out of their gear. A good performance, but stoke were awful, the only had one shot. The pressure is on mark hughes . Yes, they play newcastle next and if they lose, he is in trouble. The highlight, the goal by daniel drinkwater. The more wins we pick up, the better it is for us. As long as we keep winning games, we will put the pressure on. We made a fast start and put them on the back foot and i think that is why we won so comfortably in the end. If we started slow, it could have got into a bit of a fight. Before we bring you up to date with the other results, one match is underway, Manchester United, two draws in their last two matches and they are drawing at half time but their biggest worry is an injury to romelu lukaku. He was carried off after an asti head injury, he clashed heads with a southampton defender. It looked worrying, he is being monitored at old trafford, he has not gone to hospital. Interesting team news for southampton, the england goalkeeper was dropped. At the moment it is goalless. A good performance so far from alex mccarthy. Marcus rashford replaced romelu lukaku. Let us go now to the bottom of the table, swa nsea now to the bottom of the table, swansea were about but they are not bottom any more. New man in charge, it is that famous bounce. They are 10 it is that famous bounce. They are 1 0 down, watford looked like winning but then jordan 1 0 down, watford looked like winning but thenjordan aeu equalised and then luciana hope got the winner, he was on as a substitute. They are off the bottom. West brom are bottom. New manager and a big win. I must give congratulations to my players. It was a difficult game, under difficult circumstances, they are showing they are better players. They need a plan and a dynamic. And we felt that during the game, they we re we felt that during the game, they were better than that. Again, it was against a strong opponent. Fantastic stuff there. I look at some of the other results. Huddersfield was goalless, newcastle goalless, they really need to start picking up points, newcastle. They have that important match coming up. Still goalless between Manchester United and southampton. Let us look at the top of the table. Let us see what the results have done so far. United need to pick up a point, a win to get above chelsea. That is a big game and they need to break the deadlock. You can see how important that victory was for liverpool. There is a gap between them and totte n ha m. There is a gap between them and tottenham. Spurs have got two matches in two days coming up. Let us matches in two days coming up. Let us look at the bottom of the table. This is where swansea fans begin to look more optimistically towards 2018. The pressure on west brom who have not won since august, they play against arsenal tomorrow. A big game for them. Thank you. You will be back at half seven. Still goalless at old trafford. It is top against third in the championship, although wolves were reduced to ten men and lost their captain, the visitors have come closest to breaking the deadlock against bristol city. This hit the post following a free kick. There you go. Halfway through the second half there. Leaders exeter and second placed wasps werent involved in todays 4 matche in the rugby union premiership. Harlequins thrashed northampton 50 points to 21 at twickenham to move up to seventh. Quins made a blistering start with captain dave ward opening the scoring as as they effectively had the game sewn up by half time. Northampton could only improve and though they scored three tries the comeback was never on danny care with the pick of the quins tries helping to condemn saints seventh league defeat on the bounce. Saracens are up to second after a bonus point victory against worcester 46 31. There were also wins for 4th placed gloucester and newcastle in 5th. In the pro 14, glasgow warriors were 3 nil up against edinburgh just before halftime when the scotstoun stadium had to be evacuated becasue of a fire alarm. Their was a half hour delay and glasgow went on to win i7 nil leejones scoring the only try of the game. That also means that their 1872 cup series will go down to a decider. Thats all from sportsday, well be back at 7. 30 on bbc news coming up now though, the 2018 Winter Olympics begin injust over a months time in south korea. Bbc sports nick hope takes a look at some of the best british prospects in path to pyeongchang . It takes a special kind of athlete to succeed at the Winter Olympics. British success has been sporadic that but in recent years, team gb has finally joined the that but in recent years, team gb has finallyjoined the party. That but in recent years, team gb has finally joined the party. Lizzy yarnold is the olympic champion, oh my goodness. There were four gb medals during the last Winter Olympics and back could yet be upgraded to a record haul of five with the bobsleigh bronze following the russian doping scandal. British athletes are winning more major medals now than at any point in history. There is every chance that in 2018 in south korea, could be the best ever games for great britain. One of britains best prospects is the short track speed skater elise christie. Since the last games, she has become a World Champion but she is now looking to put her olympic dini spotlight after a devastating sochi 2014. They have all gone down. I cannot believe, christie has penalised again. It has been tough, i cannot describe how hard it was, i suffered a lot after it. I had a crash. I received a lot of Death Threats and online abuse from the south koreans. It changed me as a person. I lost a lot of confidence, but since then i have had a big turnaround. Christie, the first british woman to win a short track world title. People became fans and they were sorry about how people had treated me and the majority of the