In England - Leicester's routine victory and goals by J. Vardy

Four matches of the 16th round were played on Sunday evening in the English Premier League.

"Leicester City" extended their winning streak to eight games. Brendan Rodgers' team won 4-1 against "Aston Villa" away.

The guests were led to victory by the league's top scorer Jamie Vardy (16 goals in total) - he contributed to two goals. Kelechi Iheanacho, who returned to the starting lineup after almost a year's break, and Jonny Evans also scored one goal each.

Jack Grealish scored for "Aston Villa" at the end of the first half.

After the win, "Leicester" solidified their second position. They are 8 points behind the leaders "Foxes" and have a 6-point advantage over "Man City".

Other winning teams in the matches were "Sheffield United" and "Newcastle United".

In the last match of the evening, "Brighton" and "Wolves" ended in a high-scoring draw.

Results:

"Aston Villa" 1 - 4 "Leicester" 20' [0 - 1] J. Vardy 41' [0 - 2] K. Iheanacho 45+2' [1 - 2] J. Grealish 49' [1 - 3] J. Evans 75' [1 - 4] J. Vardy

"Norwich" 1 - 2 "Sheffield Utd" 27' [1 - 0] A. Tettey 49' [1 - 1] E. Stevens 52' [1 - 2] G. Baldock

"Newcastle" 2 - 1 "Southampton" 52' [0 - 1] D. Ings 68' [1 - 1] J. Shelvey 87' [2 - 1] F. Fernandez

"Brighton" 2 - 2 "Wolves" 28' [0 - 1] D. Jota 34' [1 - 1] N. Maupay 36' [2 - 1] D. Propper 44' [2 - 2] D. Jota