Kieran Dowell says Norwich can draw positives from defeat at Manchester United.

The midfielder, who scored his first Premier League goal against the Reds, saw his team battle back from two goals down to level at Old Trafford before being undone by a Cristiano Ronaldo free kick.

Dowell said, “I thought we showed loads of spirit from going 2-0 down to get back into the game at 2-2 and then Ronaldo has put one in the top corner from a free kick.

“It is pretty impressive to come to Old Trafford and to score two goals and it is harder to score three and four to win the game, so it is just one of them.

“I thought the tactics were good again. We felt that if we could get past their midfield line then we could get at their back four and it happened quite a few times. We probably didn't capitalise on that enough, but it worked well at times. That performance should give us confidence going into Newcastle."