Cristiano Ronaldo scored a stunning hat-trick as Manchester United boosted their top-four hopes with a thrilling win over bottom club Norwich.
Match Report
Ronaldo's second hat-trick in five games put some shine on another underwhelming performance from United, whose pursuit of a top-four spot was nonetheless strengthened thanks to defeats for rivals Arsenal and Tottenham.
They looked to be strolling to victory when Ronaldo was teed up for an early tap-in after Ben Gibson was caught in possession (7) and grabbed a second by nodding home Alex Telles' corner (32).
Norwich had created chances without threatening to defy their goal-shy reputation until Kieran Dowell headed Teemu Pukki's cross past David De Gea on the stroke of half-time, and the Finnish striker beat the offside trap to level seven minutes into the second period.
With the atmosphere around Old Trafford souring on an afternoon, where the pre-match preparations had been overshadowed by widespread protests outside the ground against the Glazer ownership, Ronaldo restored the hosts' good feeling with a 25-yard thunderbolt free-kick winner which caught out Tim Krul (76) and put the hosts right back in contention to finish fourth.
Norwich remain seven points from safety with six games to play, with their hopes of survival continuing to look increasingly bleak.
Match Events
0' Players are warming up before the game
0' KICK-OFF! Who can win this match?
3' CLOSE! Pukki's shot denied by De Gea
6' GOAL! Man Utd 1-0 Norwich (Ronaldo)
21' CHANCE! Sancho's shot wide out
31' GOAL! Man Utd 2-0 Norwich (Ronaldo)
46' GOAL! Man Utd 2-1 Norwich (Dowell)
50' CHANCE! Lingard's long shot saved
51' GOAL! Man Utd 2-2 Norwich (Pukki)
56' SAVE! Fine stop from De Gea
61' Pogba's head bleeding after being injured by Maguire
75' GOAL! Man Utd 3-2 Norwich (Ronaldo)
Line-ups
Man Utd XI: Ronaldo, De Gea, Alex Telles, Lindelof, Pogba, Maguire, Lingard, Bruno Fernandes, Dalot, Sancho, A. Elanga
Subs: Mata, Matic, Jones, Bailly, Dean Henderson, Rashford, Wan-Bissaka, H. Mejbri, Alejandro Garnacho
Norwich XI: Krul, Pukki, McLean, Hanley, Gibson, Byram, M. Rashica, D. Giannoulis, M. Normann, Melou, K. Dowell
Subs: Rupp, Gunn, Zimmermann, P. Płacheta, J. Sørensen, Aarons, Gilmour, C. Tzolis, Jonathan Rowe
Jayde£
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then lyon,porto,ajax all mediocre clubs knocked out cr5 in UCL,have you no shame???🤡
Nope
Jayde£
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you called them garbage kid and I recalled you that you are nothing compared to PSG
Ok brah 😂
Jayde£
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first try to play for thay garbage team and you will not be even accepted for their academy. poor African mentality.
Yo rich African mentality Screenshot this and keep it You won’t miss me on your TV soon
Holy_Weapon
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how does it concern city
Cos city fans support Messi.Majority of them
Nokdklpry
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it was his lucky day
ciwabeky
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Ronaldo is the best player in the world
fizzbizzie
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and 95% goals of ur crybaby tapin merchant has come under relegation battling clubs dûmb fankid.
Nah, lies.. He had a hattrick against Tottenham and he has two goals against arsenal... Those are not relegation candidates))
fizzbizzie
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and which teams does mbappe have his contributions??? ohh when it comes to Messi they're all farmers,but when it's mbappe or any other player then they're world class teams🤡🤡👍🏻 btw you don't have an idea what a playmaker is,you think it's by providing assists???pendû has lots of over hit shots as assists,but doesn't and would never make him a playmaker... knw the difference child.
Nah, it's still farmers league but what's shocking is that Messi can't even perform in farmers league... 3 goals in farmers league is abysmal.. Even moise kean had 14 goals playing for psg
Jedacdosy
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This is an old joke try again 🥱
But Ronaldo is a great player though 👍
Jedacdosy
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This is an old joke try again 🥱
Ajay Makwana
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first learn how to type properly,don't disgrace ur family members.
[Crylaugh][Crylaugh] Clown
Ebubechukwu1996
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yeah,they were lucky the ref was on their side. but almighty Villarreal kept a clean sheet against ur small club😭😭🤣😂😂🤣😂🤣🤣💀💀
lucky ref what 🤣🤣🤣you were frustrated for good 80mins[Crylaugh][Crylaugh][Crylaugh] how
LEO-MESSI-GOAT30
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is Clermont is team?[Crylaugh]
first learn how to type properly,don't disgrace ur family members.
LEO-MESSI-GOAT30
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the way i always Trash Frankfurt in my team 😂😂😂😂😂 you have no shame ???
yeah,they were lucky the ref was on their side. but almighty Villarreal kept a clean sheet against ur small club😭😭🤣😂😂🤣😂🤣🤣💀💀
LEO-MESSI-GOAT30
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Now I know what a fool you are. Did I mention Cr7’s name here??
don't be surprised,He's the worst ronaldo asslicker... man doesn't love talking about his club only ronaldo,such a confused united fankid hiding under Bayern's badge.
Ebubechukwu1996
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the one done by a mediocre team,I always trash in my league😂😂🤣😂😂😭😭😭💀 you have no shame???
the way i always Trash Frankfurt in my team 😂😂😂😂😂 you have no shame ???
LEO-MESSI-GOAT30
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1 : 0 first leg 1 : 1 second leg,,, Real Madrid 3 : 0 first leg 2 : 3 second leg which of this are rape
the one done by a mediocre team,I always trash in my league😂😂🤣😂😂😭😭😭💀 you have no shame???
Ebubechukwu1996
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Villarreal râped you,gladbach gives u steady gângbâng.
wait Barcelona fan😂😂😂😂😂😂
Ebubechukwu1996
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Villarreal râped you,gladbach gives u steady gângbâng.
1 : 0 first leg 1 : 1 second leg,,, Real Madrid 3 : 0 first leg 2 : 3 second leg which of this are rape
LEO-MESSI-GOAT30
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Real Madrid trash you p out😂😂😂😂
Villarreal râped you,gladbach gives u steady gângbâng.
LEO-MESSI-GOAT30
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So now that Messi can’t score it’s all about assists and passes 😂😂😂
so now pendû can't assist,it's all about tapins and goals??? at least when Messi isn't scoring he's useful in assists and creating chances,when cr5 isn't scoring he's as useless as the "ueue" in queue.[Crylaugh][Crylaugh][Crylaugh][Crylaugh]
LEO-MESSI-GOAT30
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I am shocked to hear this coming from the Barcelona fan like you.
yes??? isn't it true?? Pep made EPL a farmers league🤡👍🏻
LEO-MESSI-GOAT30
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Losses come from mistakes kid...Deal with it Better players make less mistakes And let’s look at this Apart from PSG which other ligue 1 team performs outside of France But In the EPL and La Liga even 17th place Everton would whoop any team coming from France Let’s look at this In the past 20yrs how many times has a Ligue 1 team asides PSG gone through to the semis Um what did you say... I couldn’t here the 0 over all the Ronaldo hate 😂😂😂
then lyon,porto,ajax all mediocre clubs knocked out cr5 in UCL,have you no shame???🤡
LEO-MESSI-GOAT30
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The playmaker is mbappe with several goals and assists and not having half of his contribution against bottom placed st Etienne
and which teams does mbappe have his contributions??? ohh when it comes to Messi they're all farmers,but when it's mbappe or any other player then they're world class teams🤡🤡👍🏻 btw you don't have an idea what a playmaker is,you think it's by providing assists???pendû has lots of over hit shots as assists,but doesn't and would never make him a playmaker... knw the difference child.
LEO-MESSI-GOAT30
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in last 4 yrs? 0
still the highest scorer in elclasico. now accept greatness and cry🤡👍🏻
LEO-MESSI-GOAT30
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even Ronaldo does that
does what??? makes scoring easy for his teammates??? you're retârded.... ask Benzema,bruno,dybala,and even Cavani. pendû the glory stealer.
LEO-MESSI-GOAT30
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for god's sake, stop calling messi a midfielder...... have u ever seen him in the mid of the line when they show lineups??......... no, it's just u his fans who say so to hide his goalscoring disability
don't act dûmb here kid. if you don't watch PSG matches don't say trash,not being in midfield during lineup doesn't change the fact it's his actual position during the game. Benzema,KDB,Neymar and many others doesn't stay in midfield during lineups,but play there during the match🤡🤡
LEO-MESSI-GOAT30
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there's no too much accolade given to assist compare to goals.. highest goal scorer had to be given golden Boot nothing like that for highest assist but recognition
that tapin merchant would have scored only one or none if assists weren't given to him bozo. even the free kick was given to him by the fouled player.
LEO-MESSI-GOAT30
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90 percent of Messi assists have come against 20th and 18th position in 6th league))
and 95% goals of ur crybaby tapin merchant has come under relegation battling clubs dûmb fankid.
LEO-MESSI-GOAT30
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you messi fans are so useless, envious and jealous shits trying to shift the light out of ronaldo to joke it off with maguire. he is the best, don't deny it by shifting the fact with maguire
keep crying kid.
skychilee
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Harry Maguire Doing the No Look hit on Pogba's Head...🤣
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Good Kung Fu ! 👍
CrUeL_Prince
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Oh looky here Someone over dosed baby food now think he all grown [Crylaugh][Crylaugh] Yo brah if you can’t take a joke find an app rated PG-Dweebs or better yet send your phone flying 300m above sea level that should make you feel good. I never openly insulted anyone cos of what they said bout my team brah 😂😂😂
first try to play for thay garbage team and you will not be even accepted for their academy. poor African mentality.
CrUeL_Prince
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Oh looky here Someone over dosed baby food now think he all grown [Crylaugh][Crylaugh] Yo brah if you can’t take a joke find an app rated PG-Dweebs or better yet send your phone flying 300m above sea level that should make you feel good. I never openly insulted anyone cos of what they said bout my team brah 😂😂😂
you called them garbage kid and I recalled you that you are nothing compared to PSG
Khalberto
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u srsly r talking abt what if situation to justify ur team can play outside france srsly? lmao its a team game dude so deal with it dnt try to blame on jst one or two players to justify ur loss, last i see messi was invisible during tht game so blame him also he was brought to win ucl so where was he when the team needed him the most?
Messi wasn’t invisible maybe u were blind
Jayde£
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Last season 12 points
La liga currently 15 points Anyway it’s called a farmers league not cos of the one team domino I mean Serie and Bundesliga for most parts are sole dominated by Juve and Bayern respectively I think it’s called that cos of the overall team quality and European achievements Don’t ask me tho I didn’t name it farmers league
Reinartz07
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How can’t they perform outside france,where u blind when they beat man city and madrid..if not for Donaromma and Marquinhos error they should have qualified
u srsly r talking abt what if situation to justify ur team can play outside france srsly? lmao its a team game dude so deal with it dnt try to blame on jst one or two players to justify ur loss, last i see messi was invisible during tht game so blame him also he was brought to win ucl so where was he when the team needed him the most?
Khalberto
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You sure it ain’t your TV that’s putting that much go cos 1 point isn’t that much of a gap to me
Last season 12 points
Jayde£
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The player quality depends on the toughnes..u guys call ligue 1 farmers league because psg win it everytime with much gap,so that means epl too is a farmers league too because mancity also lead with much gap
You sure it ain’t your TV that’s putting that much go cos 1 point isn’t that much of a gap to me
Jayde£
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They beat arsenal and Chelsea drew 3-3 against lfc they may not be a big team but they’re really good. I’m not saying Villarreal aren’t coz we beat them in pens to win super cup but them knocking out bayern 💀💀💀💀
Oh now beating top teams makes you a top team? Leeds first season after coming from Championship division they were on fire almost upsetting Liverpool on their first game
Jayde£
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that Paris Saint garbage is 100000 times bigger than your generation ok? first learn to respect
Oh looky here Someone over dosed baby food now think he all grown [Crylaugh][Crylaugh] Yo brah if you can’t take a joke find an app rated PG-Dweebs or better yet send your phone flying 300m above sea level that should make you feel good. I never openly insulted anyone cos of what they said bout my team brah 😂😂😂
jotsamikael
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Master of hatrick against bottom team
master of Clermont and st Etienne, NantesMan for a reason[Crylaugh][Crylaugh][Crylaugh]
jotsamikael
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Only Win against the relegation team but it's like they win against big 6!! 🤣🤣 how far can they go after this?
you Can not even win 9th frankfurt in farmers League[Crylaugh][Crylaugh][Crylaugh]
saidimuyamba
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the best player playing for a wrong team
jotsamikael
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while not create
because he is 37 and does not play against Clermont or st Etienne[Crylaugh][Crylaugh]
jotsamikael
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A player who hardly get 10 rating cos his only way is to score and sometimes assists. No key pass and big chances created
he wins matches that's his work
ogustpazjunior
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he has done it
jotsamikael
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Ronaldo is a great player. But his fans are dumb.
stEtienneMan fan's are brainless
ogustpazjunior
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You has done it again
fN_sPortsArena
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And you will still get people who gonna speak ill about Cr7 being the reason United isn't performing.. Smh
Walmorak
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Factors? Or in other words, "excuses" [Crylaugh]
Just as I told you earlier, you don't have a tenable expression