Ralf Rangnick questioned Manchester United’s body language after Cristiano Ronaldo’s penalty clinched a “lucky” 1-0 victory at struggling Norwich on Saturday. Ronaldo won and converted the second half spot-kick that gave Rangnick a second successive Premier League victory since he replaced the sacked Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. United found it difficult to impose themselves for long periods and it took several fine saves from David de Gea to keep them on level terms before Ronaldo’s 13th goal since rejoining the club from Juventus in August.

‘Still room for improvement’

“It was a very intense game, very physical,” Rangnick said. “We need to be able to compete on that kind of level. There’s still room for improvement in this area. “The second half was a little bit better, but at the end, we were lucky to have a clean sheet. It’s another clean sheet, but still a lot of work to do. It’s also a question of body language and physicality and this was one of the major issues that we could have done better.”