Cristiano celebrates one of his three goals. /
Manchester United 3 – Norwich 2
The Red Devils are just three points behind fourth place
Cristiano Ronaldo has been the great star of United this Saturday in his hasty 3-2 victory against the bottom of the Premier, Norwich. The Portuguese has signed a hat-trick that brings his team closer to the Champions League positions, just three points away.
The game was much more difficult than expected for Manchester United against the last classified. The former Real Madrid player put the locals ahead in the first half hour (minutes 7 and 32), but Norwich surprised by balancing afterwards, with goals from Kieran Dowell (45+1) and Teemu Pukki (52).
Once again it had to be the Portuguese star who came to the rescue with a goal from a direct free kick (76), which left the three points in the ‘Theater of Dreams’ and gave wings to his team in the exciting race for European positions .
“Cristiano Ronaldo has scored three very important goals for us,” commented David de Gea. “We know that we are not playing very well, but we have achieved the three points. We should have controlled the game better, against Norwich at home », he acknowledged.
Manchester United are thus reunited with victory after their last disappointments, since in the last two league games they had barely added a point (draw with Leicester, loss against Everton).
