Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo scored 3 goals (hat-trick) to lead his Manchester United team to an exciting victory over its guest Norwich City 3-2 and revive hopes of competing for a place in the Champions League.
As part of Saturday's matches in the 33rd stage of the English Premier League, Manchester United welcomed its guest Norwich and set his eyes on achieving a positive result that revives his hopes of competing for the fourth qualifying place for the Champions League after a series of disappointing results in the previous stages.
The first half ended with Manchester leading two goals against a goal, as Ronaldo advanced with two goals in the seventh and 32 minutes, and Kieran Doyle responded with a goal for Norwich in the 45th minute.
In the second half, Teemu Pukki equalized for Norwich in the 52nd minute, but Ronaldo scored the third goal for him and his team in the 76th minute.
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Ronaldo scored a hat-trick for the second time in his second professional period with Manchester, after he also scored 3 goals during the 3-2 victory over Tottenham on March 12.
Ronaldo scored 3 goals in one match for the 60th time in his career, as he won the hat-trick 50 times with clubs and 10 times with the Portuguese national team.
The win raised Manchester's tally to 54 points in fifth place, 3 points behind fourth-placed Tottenham, and Norwich's balance stopped at 21 points in the last 20th place.
In the rest of the matches that took place on Saturday, Southampton beat Arsenal 1-0, Brighton beat Tottenham 1-0, and Brentford beat Watford 2-1.