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Cristiano Ronaldo’s 13th goal of the season helped Manchester United close in on the Premier League’s top four with a hard-fought 1-0 win at Norwich.

The Portugal international scored a penalty with quarter of an hour left in Norfolk to give Ralf Rangnick a second victory since his arrival and extend the Red Devils’ unbeaten run to six games following Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s sacking.

It was harsh on Norwich who had their chances and pushed the visitors hard but remain bottom while United are level on points with fourth-placed West Ham.

Follow all the latest reaction from the Premier League action of the day below:

Norwich vs Man United

• Kick-off at 5:30pm
• Rangnick doesn’t want to have to convince Pogba to stay
• Norwich XI: Krul, Aarons, Hanley, Kabak, Giannoulis, Gilmour, Rupp, McLean, Sargent, Placheta, Pukki
• Man United XI: De Gea, Dalot, Lindelöf, Maguire, Telles, McTominay, Fred, Sancho, Bruno, Rashford, Ronaldo
• 74’ - Ronaldo scores a penalty after a foul by Aarons

[11 December 2021 19:09 · Michael Jones]

Norwich 0 - 1 Man Utd

83 mins: Chance! Norwich work the ball in from the right and United fail to deal with it properly. The ball comes to Billy Gilmour just outside the box and he has a shot blocked by Dalot. The follow up comes back to him and his second shot hits Bailly and deflects wide of the lef-thand post!

[11 December 2021 19:08 · Michael Jones]

Norwich 0 - 1 Man Utd

81 mins: Norwich have stepped it up since going behind. They’re pushing United deeper and deeper and working crosses into the box from the wide areas. Lees-Malou is on in place of Rupp and he’s getting stuck right in, driving his team forward.

[11 December 2021 19:04 · Michael Jones]

Norwich 0 - 1 Man Utd

78 mins: Victor Lindelof never came back onto the pitch he’s gone down the tunnel for further assessment and Eric Bailly has replaced him for Man Utd.

Save! Dalot picks up a yellow card for a bad tackle and Norwich win a free kick. It’s swung into the box and Ozan Kabak gets up highest. He wins the header and starts celebrating. It’s heading for the bottom left hand corner but De Gea leaps to his right and palms the ball away! Great save!

[11 December 2021 19:02 · Michael Jones]

GOAL! Norwich 0 - 1 Man Utd (Ronaldo, 75’)⚽️

75 mins: Cristiano Ronaldo won the penalty and Cristiano Ronaldo scores the penalty! Manchester United take the lead!

[11 December 2021 19:00 · Michael Jones]

Penalty to Man Utd!

Norwich 0 - 0 Man Utd

73 mins: Norwich head the corner out of the box but McTominay recovers the ball. He whips it back into the middle towards Ronaldo who is pulled to the ground by Aarons.

It’s a soft one but VAR doesn’t overturn the decision.

[11 December 2021 18:58 · Michael Jones]

Norwich 0 - 0 Man Utd

72 mins: Todd Cantwell comes on to replace Przemyslav Placheta for Norwich as the Manchester United medical team come on to take a look at Victor Lindelof. He went down off the ball pointing to his first chest. He’s guided off the pitch for a check up.

Rashford takes on Aarons with a run into the box and wins a corner for the visitors.

[11 December 2021 18:56 · Michael Jones]

Norwich 0 - 0 Man Utd

69 mins: Norwich put together a decent counter-attack after Fred gets beaten in midfield and the ball comes up to Pukki. He’s got Placheta for company but the pass across to him is wild and Placheta has to sprint to keep it alive. He sends a cross into the box but De Gea plucks the ball out of the air.

[11 December 2021 18:54 · Michael Jones]

Norwich 0 - 0 Man Utd

66 mins: Jadon Sancho is taken off by Ralf Rangnick and Mason Greenwood comes on. Maybe he can provide that bit of spark that this game needs. At the minute it looks likely to be a goalless draw.

[11 December 2021 18:52 · Michael Jones]

Norwich 0 - 0 Man Utd

63 mins: Norwich attempt to work the ball down the right wing but Rupp runs into trouble against Telles and the ball goes out for a Manchester United throw in.

[11 December 2021 18:48 · Michael Jones]

Norwich 0 - 0 Man Utd

60 mins: Lots of pressure from Norwich who win four corners in a row that somehow Manchester United deal with it. They’re scrambling widely at the back before the final corner is whipped straight into the hands of De Gea.

Sancho brings the ball down the left wing and passes the ball inside to Rashford. He takes a snapshot from the edge of the box but pulls it narrowly wide of the near post.