Premier League - Another win for Steven Gerrard as Aston Villa beat Crystal Palace, Wolves held at Norwich

Published 27/11/2021 at 17:08 GMT

After beating Brighton in his first game as Aston Villa manager last weekend in the Premier League, new boss Steven Gerrard made it two wins from two as they travelled down south again, this time winning 2-1 at Crystal Palace, Dean Smith has now moved on to Norwich City, who drew 0-0 against Wolves.

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There was a late scare for Aston Villa as they won 2-1 at Crystal Palace, and Norwich City played out a goalless draw with Wolves on Saturday afternoon.

Villa were playing their second game under new manager Steven Gerrard who joined from Rangers to replace Dean Smith.

Matt Targett - reported to be under threat as the former Liverpool man plans to rebuild his squad - opened the scoring after 15 minutes to put the away side ahead.

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Midfielder John McGinn calmed the nerves with a strike on 86 minutes, but there was drama in injury time when Marc Guehi scored in the 95th minute, but Villa held on.

Norwich, managed by Villa's ex-boss Smith, had 14 shots against Wolves but could not make any of them count as they drew 0-0 at home against Wolves.

Wolves stay sixth ahead of the rest of the weekend's games, while Norwich stay 19th, two points from safety.

Villa's win lifts them into 11th, on 16 points, directly behind Palace.

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