Gerrard shines as Reds triumph

London, Dec 3: Steven Gerrard’s future at Liverpool may be in doubt but the captain turned back the clock to score in a 3-1 victory at bottom side Leicester City in a match of the Premier League Tuesday.

Manchester United maintained their recent improvement with a fourth successive league win, beating Stoke City 2-1 at Old Trafford with a Marouane Fellaini header and Juan Mata free-kick either side of a Steven Nzonzi goal for Stoke. David de Gea guaranteed that United held on to the points with two superb saves late in the game.

Liverpool captain Gerrard, 34, left out of the starting line-up Saturday, was back in the team at Leicester where he rifled home a poor clearance from captain Wes Morgan to turn the balance of the match the Merseysiders’ way in the 54th minute.