Manchester United vs Norwich City LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
Follow all the action from Old Trafford
Follow live coverage as Manchester United face Norwich City in the Premier League today.
Manchester City are reigning champions after a dominant 2020/21 season and Pep Guardiola's side are favourites to win it again boasting as they do one of the best squads in Europe.
European champions Chelsea have proven they have what it takes to dethrone City, however, having done it in last season's Champions League final and will be hoping to add a domestic title to the one won in Porto.
Liverpool were winners back in 2020 ending a 30-year wait for league glory and Jurgen Klopp is sure to have them back challenging again at the sharp end this season too while Manchester United will be looking to be back in the title picture with Cristiano Ronaldo returning to his former club in the summer.
It's not all about the action at the top though with Norwich, Watford and Brentford promoted to the top tier for 2020/21 and hoping to hold their own against the best English football has to offer and avoid the drop.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
Manchester United vs Norwich City
The two sides head onto the pitch, and we're almost ready for kick-off at Old Trafford!
Manchester United vs Norwich City
Norwich are unchanged from their victory over Burnley last time out, with manager Dean Smith hoping this Canaries side can condemn the Red Devils to a second successive defeat.
Manchester United vs Norwich City
Jesse Lingard comes into the Manchester United starting line-up for only the second time this season, replacing Marcus Rashford to start the match from midfield.
Manchester United vs Norwich City
NORWICH CITY SUBS: Angus Gunn, Max Aarons, Christoph Zimmermann, Lukas Rupp, Billy Gilmour, Przemyslaw Placheta, Christos Tzolis, Jacob Lungi Sorensen, Jon Rowe.
Manchester United vs Norwich City
NORWICH CITY (4-2-3-1): Tim Krul; Sam Byram, Grant Hanley, Ben Gibson, Dimitrios Giannoulis; Kenny McLean, Mathias Normann; Kieran Dowell, Pierre Lees-Melou, Milot Rashica; Teemu Pukki.
Manchester United vs Norwich City
MANCHESTER UNITED SUBS: Dean Henderson, Eric Bailly, Phil Jones, Juan Mata, Marcus Rashford, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Nemanja Matic, Hannibal Mejbri, Alejandro Garnacho.
Manchester United vs Norwich City
MANCHESTER UNITED (4-3-3): David De Gea; Diogo Dalot, Victor Lindelof, Harry Maguire, Alex Telles; Bruno Fernandes, Paul Pogba, Jesse Lingard; Anthony Elanga, Cristiano Ronaldo, Jadon Sancho.
Manchester United vs Norwich City
Goal Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro
Manchester United vs Norwich City
Norwich, however, were victorious in their last game, beating Burnley 2-0. That was only their fifth win of the season though, and their first in nine games stretching back to January.
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