Cristiano Ronaldo netted a stunning hat-trick to save Manchester United against basement side Norwich amidst a toxic atmosphere at Old Trafford.
Ronaldo had appeared to put United on course for a comfortable three points by netting twice inside the opening 32 minutes. His first goal came after just seven minutes and was a tap-in after the pressing of Anthony Elanga forced the mistake for the visitor’s defence and the Swedish forward laid it on a plate for his teammate to open the scoring. The second was a bullet Ronaldo header from an in-swinging Alex Telles corner – a rare set-piece goal for United this campaign.
Yet Norwich fought back and deservedly pulled a goal back before the break through Kieran Dowell and shortly after the break they were level after Teemu Pukki broke through a non-existent backline to fire home past David De Gea.
