EPL: Ronaldo penalty hands Man United win at Norwich

A Cristiano Ronaldo penalty was enough to give Ralf Rangnick a second win in two league games as Manchester United manager, along with a second consecutive clean sheet. They move back above Arsenal to fifth, while Norwich remain bottom.

The first half was a miserable affair, two poor teams playing poorly in a poor game. Norwich had most of the play in the first 20 minutes without creating much, and though an Alex Telles free-kick was deflected onto the bar by Josh Sargent, United didn’t look like scoring either, even when they took control of proceedings around the 20-minute mark.

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Little improved after the break. Norwich had a little flurry of corners without really threatening, and then on 73 minutes, Max Aarons saw Ronaldo on his wrong side and panicked, grabbing him. Naturally, Ronaldo shrieked, went down, then got up to bury the penalty, and though Norwich hurled everything at an equaliser, United held out for the win thanks to sterling work from David De Gea.