Norwich City 0-1 Manchester United
Ronaldo penalty gives Rangnick second straight league win
/ Norwich City 0 - 1 Manchester United
Ronaldo penalty gives Rangnick second straight league win
Manchester
United were once again thankful to a Cristiano Ronaldo goal as they beat
Norwich City 1-0 in the Premier League.
Cristiano
Ronaldo's controversial penalty gave Ralf Rangnick a second successive Premier
League win as Manchester United claimed an unconvincing 1-0 victory at Norwich
City.
United
laboured for long periods at a sodden Carrow Road but were given a chance to
break an unexpectedly long deadlock when Max Aarons was adjudged to have pulled
down Ronaldo.
The Portugal
forward stepped up to convert the spot-kick 15 minutes from time, his
emphatic finish proving the difference despite a spirited effort from the
league's bottom club.
United are
fifth, level on points with fourth-placed West Ham but with an inferior goal
difference, while Norwich remain three points adrift of safety.
Alex Telles
saw a free-kick deflected onto the crossbar, but United struggled to break down
the division's leakiest defence in the first half and were frustrated by Tim
Krul in the Norwich goal.
Ronaldo was
thwarted by a diving save from the Dutchman while Harry Maguire saw a header
tipped over in the closing stages of the first 45 minutes.
Norwich
provided more of an attacking threat in the second half and only a flying save
from David de Gea prevented Teemu Pukki from firing the opener into the
top-left corner.
But they
were left aghast when Darren England pointed to the spot despite Ronaldo
appearing to go down easily under contact from Aarons.
There was no
doubt about Ronaldo's effort from 12 yards, which he lashed into the
bottom-left corner – two stunning saves from De Gea to deny Ozan
Kabak and the kind of United defending that was often lacking during Ole Gunnar
Solskjaer's tenure ensuring it was enough for all three points.
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