NORWICH, ENGLAND (REUTERS) – Cristiano Ronaldo transformed a Seventy fifth-minute penalty to provide Manchester United a barely deserved 1-0 win at Norwich Metropolis within the Premier League on Saturday (Dec 11) after the guests struggled to create probabilities at Carrow Highway.
The outcome lifted United to fifth place within the standings on 27 factors from 16 video games, behind fourth-placed West Ham United on purpose distinction, whereas Norwich stayed backside on 10 factors.
Ralf Rangnick will likely be happy United saved a second successive clear sheet within the league below his tenure however they lacked innovative till Ronaldo drove within the spot-kick after he was hauled down by residence defender Max Aarons.
Ronaldo noticed a shot crushed away by Tim Krul within the thirty seventh minute and the house goalkeeper additionally tipped over a Harry Maguire header on the stroke of halftime after Alex Telles hit the bar with a deflected free kick early on.
United fizzled out within the second half and Norwich regarded extra prone to break the impasse as David De Gea saved out a Teemu Pukki shot from the sting of the world earlier than Ronaldo struck, sending Krul the unsuitable means.
The house facet piled on stress within the closing phases and De Gea rescued United once more when he clawed out an Ozan Kabak header earlier than Eric Bailly deflected a Billy Gilmour shot with a last-gasp lunge.
