Cristiano Ronaldo hat-trick, Son Heung-min shines: Premier League catch-up - in pictures

We take a look at the last round of fixtures in the English top flight

PREMIER LEAGUE CATCH UP: Saturday, March 12: Brighton 0 Liverpool 2 (Diaz 19', Salah pen 61'). Liverpool cut Manchester City's lead at the top down to three points thanks to goals from Luis Diaz and a Mohamed Salah penalty. AP

Brentford 2 (Toney 85' & pen 90+4') Burnley 0. A late double from Ivan Toney dragged Brentford away from the bottom three while dealing a blow to Burnley's survival hopes. Getty

Manchester United 3 (Ronaldo 12', 38', 81') Tottenham Hotspur 2 (Kane pen 35', Maguire og 72'). Cristiano Ronaldo's first United hat-trick in 14 years earned his team three points in a thriller at Old Trafford. Reuters

Sunday, March 13: Chelsea 1 (Havertz 89') Newcastle United 0. A last-gasp winner from Kai Havertz earned Chelsea the points in the first game at Stamford Bridge since Blues' Russian owner Roman Abramovich was sanctioned by the UK government.

Everton 0 Wolves 1 (Coady 49'). Merseyside-born Conor Coady scored the winner that inflicted a fourth defeat in a row on Everton and left Frank Lampard's team outside the bottom three only on goal difference. PA

Leeds United 2 (Rodrigo 14', Gelhardt 90+4') Norwich City 1 (McLean 90+1'). Leeds secured their first win under manager Jesse Marsch when substitute Joe Gelhardt - on the pitch for less than two minutes - scored the winner against the rock-botton Canaries. PA

Southampton 1 (Elyounoussi 45') Watford 2 (Hernandez 14' & 34'). Two goals from Colombian Cucho Hernandez earned the Hornets three priceless points in their battle to beat the drop. Reuters

West Ham United 2 (Yarmolenko 70', Fornals 82') Aston Villa 1 (Ramsey 90'). Ukraine international Andriy Yarmolenko scored the opener in his first West Ham appearance since the outbreak of war in his home country. Getty

Arsenal 2 (Partey 11', Lacazette pen 59'). The Gunners moved back into the top four as goals form Thomas Partey and Alexandre Lacazette earned Mikel Arteta's men a fiffth win in a row. AFP

Monday, March 14: Crystal Palace 0 Manchester City 0. City missed the chance to go six points clear at the top after being held by a resilient Palace at Selhurst Park, despite Pep Guardiola's side having 74 per cent of the possession and 19 attempts on goal. Getty

Wednesday, March 16: Brighton 0 Tottenham Hotspur 2 (Romero 37' Kane 57'). Harry Kane's seventh goal in six games sealed a vital three points for Spurs' top-four hopes while condemning Brighton to a sixth successive defeat. PA

Arsenal 0 Liverpool 2 (Jota 54', Firmino 62'). Quadruple-chasing Liverpool cut the gap on table-topping Manchester City to just one point after an impressive win at in-form Arsenal. Getty

Thursday, March 17: Everton 1 (Iwobi 90+9') Newcastle United 0. Alex Iwobi's ultra-late strike earned Everton vital three points in their relegation fight, despite the Toffees having Allan sent off with seven minutes remaining. The game was held up for 14 minutes after a protestor tied himself to a goalpost by his neck. Getty

Friday, March 18: Wolves 2 (Jonny 26, Trincao 45+11') Leeds 3 (Harrison 63', Rodrigo 66'), Ayling (90'+1). An injury-time goal from Luke Ayling completed Leeds' fight back from two goals down after Raul Jimenez's red card eight minutes into the second half turned the game on its head. AP

Saturday, Match 19: Aston Villa 0 Arsenal 1 (Saka 30'). Arsenal maintained their grip on fourth place after Bukayo Saka's goal secured a sixth win from seven games. Reuters

Sunday, March 20: Leicester City 2 (Castagne 20', Maddison 33') Brentford 1 (Wissa 85'). Fine strikes from Timothy Castagne, making his first appearance of 2022 following injury, and James Maddison moved the Foxes into the top half of the table. PA

Tottenham Hotspur 3 (Zouma og 9', Son 24'& 88') West Ham 1 (Benrahma 35'). Spurs moved to within three points of the top four with Son Heung-min grabbing a double in a dominant derby victory. EPA

The Premier League is back in action this weekend after the international break as the English top-flight season heads into the home straight.

Manchester City have seen their lead at the top cut down to just one point by Liverpool with Chelsea in third, albeit 10 points behind Jurgen Klopp's side.

Arsenal hold on to the final Champions League place sitting fourth, three points ahead of Tottenham Hotspur but Mikel Arteta's side have a game in hand on their North London rivals.

Manchester United are sixth, two points and one place ahead of West Ham with a game in hand.

At the other end of the table, Norwich City are rock bottom, eight points shy of Everton in 17th place, who have played two games fewer. Burnley are 19th, one point behind Watford but with two games in hand.

In the gallery above, you can see the results from the last round of Premier League fixtures. To move on to the next photo, click on the arrows or if using a mobile device, simply swipe.