Cristiano Ronaldo has stepped up once again to give hope to Manchester United’s top-4 ambitions.
Manchester United are currently sitting at 5th place on the English Premier League table after beating Norwich City. United hosted Norwich City at Old Trafford and sent them away with a 3 goals to 2 win today.
Before this week, Totteham and Arsenal were 6 points and 3 points ahead of United on 4th and 5th place, respectively.
However, Tottenham and Arsenal both dropped 3 points each this week.
Tottenham lost at home to Brighton who beat Arsenal 2:1 at the Emirates last week. And Arsenal lost to Southampton, who lost to Chelsea last week by 6 goals to nil, by 1:0 away from home.
Manchester United, with the individual brilliance of Ronaldo, have taken advantage of this situation.
The hattrick is a form of redemption for the veteran striker who smashed a young Everton fan’s mobile phone last week after losing to Everton.
Norwich City came back into the game after conceding 2 goals in the 32nd minute of the game. They equalised through a K. Dowell and T. Pukki goals before the first half and in the 52nd minute of the game, respectively.
United were awarded a free kick on the edge of the box after a foul on Elanga and Ronaldo blasted the ball into the top corner away from Norwich keeper, Krul.
This is the second Hattrick for Ronaldo at Old Trafford on his return and the third for Manchester United.
He now has 15 goals in the Premier League and he is third on the goal king chart. The Portugal skipper is sitting 5 goals behind Mo. Sallah and 2 goals behind Son Heung Min.
