Cristiano Ronaldo's 50th club career hat trick, which including a stunning late free kick

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earned Manchester United a 3-2 win over Norwich City at Old Trafford

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on Saturday which just about kept their top-four hopes alive. On Friday,

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United fans staged a protest against the ownership outside the clubs Carrington training ground

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and that continued before the clash with Norwich as thousands of supporters marched outside the ground.

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But with the protest still ongoing United -- who had won just one of their last seven games coming into this match

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looked set to run away with it as they went 2-0 ahead inside the first 32 minutes.

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Ronaldo scored his first after just seven minutes as Anthony Elanga caught defender Ben Gibson in possession

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on the edge of the Norwich box to tee up the Portugal forward who finished off from close range.

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United's No. 7 got his second just after the half hour mark as he headed past Norwich goalkeeper Tim Krul from a corner.

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