Manchester United fans ripped into a Lionel Messi supporter after Cristiano Ronaldo struck a sumptuous hat-trick against Norwich City in the Premier League.
The Portuguese, who has had a sharp decline in form since the turn of the year, was at the receiving end of boos from the home crowd early on. However, he responded with two goals inside the opening stanza to give the Red Devils a 2-0 cushion before Kieran Dowell pulled one back for the Canaries.
Ronaldo's first of the afternoon was a simple yet powerful finish into an empty net following a cut-back from Anthony Elanga in the seventh minute. It was his first goal in all competitions since the hat-trick against Tottenham Hotspur in the league a few weeks ago.
Another 25 minutes later, Ronaldo doubled United's advantage by rising the highest to meet a corner from Alex Telles, heading the ball beyond the Norwich 'keeper Tim Krul.
After Norwich fought back to 2-2, Ronaldo curled in a fabulous free-kick for his third Premier League hat-trick, second this season and 60th of his career. He now has 15 league goals for the season.
Manchester United fans respond to Messi fan's troll
As the boos rang out against Ronaldo early on, a few Messi fans savoured the moment, with some taking to Twitter to poke fun at the star for the incident.
One particular account with the name 'ganesh' with a Messi photo in an Argentinian jersey on display appeared to relish the moment. However, after Ronaldo's brace, Manchester United fans got back at him with sarcastic responses, with some even pointing to Messi's struggles at PSG.
The Argentine, who joined the Parisians in a sensational move from Barcelona last summer, has struggled to score goals. In 28 games this season, he has struck only eight goals across competitions, with a mere three of them coming in Ligue 1 in 20 games. Ronaldo, by comparison, has 21 across competitions, despite all the talk of his struggles.
Here are some of the best reactions on Twitter:
Manchester United have made the most of Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur's defeats earlier in the day. They have leapt above the Gunners to fifth in the standings, just three behind Spurs, with six games remaining.
KHMMURU07
332
Dumbest thing is debating with Messi fan boy who will never ever accept defeat even when he is playing worst. . . . When Cr7 scores they will put team as lowest meanwhile Messi still finding it hard to score in Ligue 1 the easiest among top 5 league yet that will ignore that. . . When Cr7 is in dip form they will label him finished ,troll him but when same is done to Messi they will bring statistics like how much has Messi shot the cross bars,one on one take,ball touches and boom what not. . Even if he score against least top 5 below in league remember he is 37 playing at the toughest league yet has score 21 plus goals mean while Messi have assist but still finding hard to score 5 + goals in ligue 1..Level B*tches.
Mangisha
32
Take note of a hattrick against the might Norwich City? Let him score one versus City, L/pool or even Chelsea, then maybe Messi will take note. In fact, he shd win EPL with this Man U then I myself me will take note.
VenömJr07
15
Take note of a hattrick against the might Norwich City? Let him score one versus City, L/pool or even Chelsea, then maybe Messi will take note. In fact, he shd win EPL with this Man U then I myself me will take note.
Norwich is better than at least 7teams in Ligue1
BrishavSharmaGarg
10
Take note of a hattrick against the might Norwich City? Let him score one versus City, L/pool or even Chelsea, then maybe Messi will take note. In fact, he shd win EPL with this Man U then I myself me will take note.
your goat is playing in farmer league and still not producing 💯 result💥💥💥
Teetorh07
9
Take note of a hattrick against the might Norwich City? Let him score one versus City, L/pool or even Chelsea, then maybe Messi will take note. In fact, he shd win EPL with this Man U then I myself me will take note.
how many goals has messi scored against lyon,marseille,Monaco and lille this season. You fake goat went to make 3 assists in one game against the league 1 relegation Candidates and y’all keep shouting bla-bla-bla... If pukki plays in League 1 he will always be in the top 4 goal-scorers talk less of the whole Norwich
realmadridson
8
Take note of a hattrick against the might Norwich City? Let him score one versus City, L/pool or even Chelsea, then maybe Messi will take note. In fact, he shd win EPL with this Man U then I myself me will take note.
your so called goat should score at least 5 goals before you write trash here😂