MANCHESTER UNITED’S penalty woes continued at Norwich as they missed TWO spot-kicks in the first-half alone – with Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial the culprits.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side looked to be in the mood for goals after Scott McTominay gave them an early lead.
Shortly after, the lively Daniel James was brought down in the area by Ben Godfrey – with VAR confirming the foul.
England forward Rashford, 21, stepped up confidently, but Tim Krul rescued the Canaries from any further problems.
The Dutch penalty-stopping specialist smartly saved his spot-kick, struck to the bottom right corner.
Krul was famously brought on in the final minute extra-time of Holland’s 2014 World Cup quarter-final with Costa Rica by then-boss Louis van Gaal.
The former Newcastle man saved two penalties that night after replacing Jasper Cillessen in the 120th minutes as the Dutch reached the last-four.
And Krul was at it moments later, when – with United now 2-0 up as Rashford redeemed himself – the visitors won another penalty.
This time Rashford opted against it, with Martial, 23, stepping up to the mark… but he too had his attempt saved.
United have had issues all season with penalties, with Rashford missing one in the 2-1 defeat to Crystal Palace earlier this season, after Paul Pogba missed one the week earlier against Wolves.
As it was, United still went into half-time 2-0 up – only the second time all season in all competitions they’d managed to score more than once.
The other occasion was on the opening day of the season in the 4-0 win over Chelsea.
