Manchester United‘S Cristiano Ronaldo scored a second-half penalty to give Ralf Rangnick’s side a lead over Norwich at Old Trafford on Saturday.
David de Gea was called into action on several occasions to save United when the bottom of the Premier League table was held by Norwich.
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Rangnick said after the game: “I’ve never seen so many teams play against top teams like Norwich. “They don’t play as a bottom team.
“Ultimately, we need to be able to compete at that level and be physically ready. There’s still room for improvement in this area.”
Ronaldo witnessed a shot that was defeated by Tim Krul in the 37th minute and the home keeper also tilted to one Harry Maguire title on the itinerary of the next break Alex Telles The ball narrowly misses the post.
United were awarded a penalty in the 73rd minute when Scott McTominay passed a ball into the box and Ronaldo was dragged down by Max Aarons.
The Portugal The international made no mistake with the free kick, sending the ball into the left-hand corner of the goal.
There are some concerns for Victor Lindelof during the match when he went down to his chest a few minutes earlier. However, he was able to leave the field without assistance.
Maguire said after the game that Lindelof was “feeling a bit uncomfortable” but he was fine in the dressing room.
“He couldn’t even remember how it happened,” Rangnick said. “I think he had a collision and he had breathing problems for more than 10 minutes.
“His heart rate was higher than normal. He was in shock and didn’t know what to do.”
The home side piled up pressure in the closing stages and De Gea rescued United once again as he swiped out a Ozan Kabak previous title Eric Bailly deflect a Billy Gilmour shot with his last gasp.
“Another clean sheet but still a lot of work to do,” added Rangnick.
“The second half, I wasn’t happy with the number of corners we got, but we got the three points.
“We’ve conceded the most goals in the top 10. Now we have two clean sheets, that’s good but we still need to improve on that away from home, especially against teams that are fit or fit. high attacking teams like Norwich did. E”
The result lifted United to fifth place in the table with 27 points from 16 matches, behind the fourth-placed team. West Ham United on goal difference, while Norwich are last with 10 points.
Information from Reuters contributed to this report.
