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Cristiano Ronaldo is the third player to score under three different Manchester United managers in a single season after James Hanson and Joe Spence both did so in 1926-27Cristiano Ronaldo's penalty earned Manchester United a narrow victory over Norwich to maintain Ralf Rangnick's unbeaten start as interim manager.
Ronaldo sent Tim Krul the wrong way on 75 minutes after the Portuguese had been hauled down by Max Aarons on the edge of the six-yard box.
The Red Devils had offered little attacking threat before then, though Alex Telles hit the bar with a deflected free-kick during the first half.
They also had David de Gea to thank for two fine stops to deny Teemu Pukki and Ozan Kabak as Norwich put in a spirited display.
The win moves Manchester United above Arsenal and Tottenham into fifth place. Norwich stay bottom on goal difference, three points from safety.
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Norwich City
Squad number1Player nameKrul
Squad number2Player nameAarons
Squad number5Player nameHanley
Squad number15Player nameKabak
Squad number30Player nameGiannoulis
Squad number7Player nameRupp
Squad number8Player nameGilmour
Squad number23Player nameMcLean
Squad number11Player namePlacheta
Squad number22Player namePukki
Squad number24Player nameSargent
Squad number14Player nameCantwell
Squad number19Player nameSørensen
Squad number20Player nameLees-Melou
Manchester United
Squad number1Player namede Gea
Squad number20Player nameDiogo Dalot
Squad number2Player nameLindelöf
Squad number5Player nameMaguire- Squad number27Player nameAlex Telles
Squad number39Player nameMcTominay
Squad number17Player nameFred- Squad number25Player nameSancho
- Squad number18Player nameBruno Fernandes
- Squad number7Player nameCristiano Ronaldo
Squad number10Player nameRashford
Squad number3Player nameBailly- Squad number11Player nameGreenwood
- Squad number34Player namevan de Beek
Line-ups
Norwich
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Krul
- 2Aarons
- 5HanleySubstituted forSørensenat 21'minutes
- 15Kabak
- 30Giannoulis
- 7RuppSubstituted forLees-Melouat 76'minutesBooked at 90mins
- 8Gilmour
- 23McLean
- 11PlachetaSubstituted forCantwellat 70'minutes
- 22Pukki
- 24Sargent
Substitutes
- 3Byram
- 10Dowell
- 14Cantwell
- 19Sørensen
- 20Lees-Melou
- 26Mumba
- 28Gunn
- 35Idah
- 40Tomkinson
Man Utd
Formation 4-2-2-2
- 1de Gea
- 20DalotBooked at 77mins
- 2LindelöfSubstituted forBaillyat 74'minutes
- 5Maguire
- 27Telles
- 39McTominay
- 17Fred
- 25SanchoSubstituted forGreenwoodat 67'minutes
- 18Bruno FernandesSubstituted forvan de Beekat 88'minutes
- 7Cristiano Ronaldo
- 10Rashford
Substitutes
- 3Bailly
- 4Jones
- 11Greenwood
- 14Lingard
- 22Heaton
- 23Shaw
- 26Henderson
- 34van de Beek
- 36Elanga
Referee:Darren England
Attendance:27,606
Live Text
Match ends, Norwich City 0, Manchester United 1.
Second Half ends, Norwich City 0, Manchester United 1.
Foul by Mason Greenwood (Manchester United).
Dimitris Giannoulis (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is blocked.
Pierre Lees-Melou (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Fred (Manchester United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Pierre Lees-Melou (Norwich City).
Foul by Alex Telles (Manchester United).
Todd Cantwell (Norwich City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt saved. Ozan Kabak (Norwich City) header from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Foul by Mason Greenwood (Manchester United).
Todd Cantwell (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Manchester United. Donny van de Beek replaces Bruno Fernandes.
Attempt missed. Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Fred.
Attempt missed. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Marcus Rashford following a fast break.
Corner, Norwich City. Conceded by Eric Bailly.
Attempt blocked. Billy Gilmour (Norwich City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Billy Gilmour (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Pierre Lees-Melou (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Teemu Pukki following a set piece situation.
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