London: Cristiano Ronaldo successfully converted a penalty as Manchester United defeated Norwich City in the Premier League 2021-22 season.United managed to outclass Norwich City 1-0 and with this win, the Red Devils moved to fifth place in Premier League standings.
Ronaldo’s strike came in the 75th minute of the game and it was enough to help United register a 1-0 win. In another game, Mohamed Salah registered a goal as Liverpool defeated Aston Villa 1-0. With this win, the Reds moved to second place, just one point away from table-toppers Manchester City.
Arsenal defeated Southampton 3-0 while Chelsea and Leeds United played out a thriller which saw, the Blues winning 3-2.
Liverpool ensured there was no happy return to Anfield for Steven Gerrard as Mohamed Salah’s second-half penalty earned a 1-0 Premier League win over Aston Villa.
Gerrard was welcomed with gentle applause as he emerged from the tunnel, but there was no great fanfare for the man who scored 186 goals in 710 games as a Liverpool player. Even a brief chant of his name from the Kop was drowned out by cries of ‘Liverpool’ as the crowd focused its attention on maintaining pace with Manchester City at the top of the table.
Salah has now scored 21 in 22 matches this season and finally made the difference for the only goal of the game on 67 minutes. Villa central defender Tyrone Mings was roped into a clumsy challenge on Salah and at the third time of asking, Liverpool got its spot-kick.
Salah made no mistake from the spot for Liverpool (37 points), which is now only a point behind leader City (38 points) after 16 PL matches. City defeated 10-man Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 while Chelsea got the better of Leeds United 3-2 in a goal fest.