Man Utd 4-0 Norwich: Marcus Rashford scores twice on 200th appearance

Highlights and report: Rashford (2) Martial and Greenwood net as Man Utd return to winning ways

Last Updated: 11/01/20 8:12pm

Marcus Rashford scored twice as Manchester United returned to winning ways with a thumping 4-0 victory over bottom side Norwich at Old Trafford.

On his 200th appearance for United, Rashford tucked home a sublime Juan Mata cross to put the hosts ahead (27), before he doubled his and the hosts' tally just after the break with a penalty (52).

United put the game to bed two minutes later through Anthony Martial's header from another Mata cross (54), while Mason Greenwood put the icing on the cake with a fine low finish from outside the box, just five minutes after coming on (76).

The next step is for United to gain some consistency, but this was a move in the right direction; they're up to fifth, five points off fourth place, while Norwich stay bottom, seven clear of safety.

Anthony Martial celebrates scoring the third goal

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Man Utd

4-2-3-1

Norwich

4-2-3-1

Substitutes
26M. Greenwood 13L. Grant 44T. Chong 4P. Jones 28A. Gomes 21D. James 20J. DalotTeixeira	18M. Stiepermann 10M. Leitner 24I. Amadou 11O. Hernández 12J. Lewis 19T. Trybull 21R. Fährmann

How United dominated sorry Norwich

United dominated early on, but found a yellow wall in their way, meaning a piece of brilliance was needed. That came in the form of Mata's ball for Rashford, curled beautifully to the far post from the right, allowing the England man to turn home from close range with his left foot.

Man Utd: De Gea (7), Wan-Bissaka (7), Lindelof (7), Maguire (7), Wiliams (7), Matic (6), Fred (6), Pereira (7), Mata (9), Rashford (9), Martial (8)

Subs: James (6), Greenwood (7), Gomes (NA)

Norwich: Krul (4), Aarons (4), Hanley (5), Zimmermann (5), Byram (4), McLean (5), Tettey (5), Vrancic (4), Buendia (6), Cantwell (5), Idah (4)

Subs: Hernandez (5), Amadou (5), Lewis (NA)

Man of the match: Marcus Rashford

The hosts continued to push for a second, and dominated the next 15 minutes, with Norwich failing to register a shot, or indeed a cross into the box, until the final minute of the half.

United had David de Gea to thank for keeping them ahead on that occasion, brilliantly saving low to his left to deny Todd Cantwell from 15 yards during a rare Norwich break.

Rashford scored two on his 200th United appearance

But United turned it on again straight after the break with two goals in three minutes. First, after Brandon Williams was hauled down in the box by Tim Krul, Rashford tucked home the penalty as the goalkeeper failed to get enough on it despite guessing correctly.

Then, from another fine Mata cross from the right, Martial rose well to power a header into the bottom left corner from 10 yards.

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