Dean Smith knows what it takes to win at Old Trafford this season - and the Norwich City boss insists there is nothing to fear from Manchester United.

Smith guided his former club, Aston Villa, to a 1-0 Premier League triumph at the 'Theatre of Dreams', and City travel buoyed by picking up four points from the last two top flight games.

The Canaries desperately need victories to prolong their survival bid, with Smith still sore about United’s late Carrow Road victory on his watch in December.

Cristiano Ronaldo’s 75th minute penalty sealed a 1-0 away win that he felt was harsh on his strugglers.

“The spot kick still annoys me. We certainly didn’t deserve to lose that game,” he said. “I felt we were very close to getting a result at Carrow Road. It is a tough ask but one we won’t shy away from.

"We go there on the back of two clean sheets, and we can take confidence from that to Old Trafford. We won’t be scared.

“Yes, I’ve already won there so why not go there and do it again? It is a difficult place to go and they will be smarting from the recent Everton performance and looking to put it right.

"They might not be picking up the results they expect, but the demands of their supporters are the same. They will be expecting a result and a performance.”

City’s 2-0 home win over Burnley offered some respite, and revived their fading hopes of beating the drop.

But Norwich head to Manchester this weekend effectively eight points from safety, with only seven games left.

“It’s been a really testing period. There is no hiding behind that,” said Smith. “We want to try and take this all the way to the last game.

"I’ve spoken previously about what Shakey (Craig Shakespeare) was part of at Leicester, and he has spoken at length to the players about those experiences and how they got on a roll and started to win games.

"It was the same for me at Villa (in 2019/20). We looked certain to go down prior to that lockdown period but the long break gave us a chance to find that resilience you need, and hopefully with these last two results we can find that same type of resilience.”