Cristiano Ronaldo celebrated his 850th career goal as Al Nassr won 5-1 at Al-Hazm in the Saudi Pro League on Saturday.
2023/2024 Saudi Professional League
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Match Report
Ronaldo scored his sixth goal in his last three games and claimed two assists as Al-Nassr recorded a third straight league victory. Sadio Mane was also on the scoresheet.
'Another great team performance! We keep improving. Let's go @AlNassrFC. 850 career goals and still counting!' the 38-year-old Ronaldo posted on social media.
After Al-Nassr lost their first two league games this term, last season's runners-up, who have scored 14 goals in their last three games, are now just four points off leaders Al-Hilal.
Ronaldo is the league's top scorer this season with six goals, one ahead of former Liverpool forward Mane.
After a slow start, Al-Nassr took the lead in the 33rd minute through Abdulrahman Ghareeb, before Abdullah Al-Khaibari made it two in the eighth minute of stoppage time at the end of the opening period.
But within two minutes of the restart, Muhammed Badamosi draw one back for the hosts, only for summer signing Otavio to restore the two-goal margin 10 minutes later.
After the third goal, Al-Nassr's leading stars joined the party, Ronaldo netting his landmark goal on 68 minutes ahead of Mane's strike in the 78th.
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
23' Ronaldo's shot stopped by goalkeeper
33' GOAL! Al Hazem 0-1 Al Nassr FC (Abdulrahman Ghareeb)
36' Goooal... No! Mane’s goal disallowed after VAR review
47' GOAL! Al Hazem 1-2 Al Nassr FC (Mohamed Badamosi)
47' POST! Mane almost score a third goal
53' GOAL! Al Hazem 0-2 Al Nassr FC (Abdullah Alkhaibari)
57' GOAL! Al Hazem 1-3 Al Nassr FC (Otávio)
68' GOAL! Al Hazem 1-4 Al Nassr FC (Ronaldo)
78' GOAL! Al Hazem 1-5 Al Nassr FC (Mane)
Line-ups
Al Hazem XI: Vina, Tozé, Bruno Viana, Aymen Dahmen, Yousef Al-Shammari, Abdurahman Al-Dakheel, Mohamed Badamosi, Ben Traoré, Farhan Al-Aazmi, Basil Yousef Al-Sayyali, Radhi Al-Otaibe
Subs: Ibrahim Zaied, Talal Al-Absi, Abdullah Haif Al-Shammari, Ammar Al-Najjar, Nawaf Al-Habashi, Yazeed Al-Bakr, Turki Al-Mutairi, Mohamed Al-Thani, Ahmad Al-Mhemaid
Al Nassr FC XI: Ronaldo, Brozovic, Laporte, Mohammed Al-Fatil, Mane, Otávio, Sultan Al-Ghannam, Ghislain Konan, Abdullah Alkhaibari, Abdulrahman Ghareeb, Nawaf Al-Aqidi
Subs: Waleed Abdullah, Alex Telles, Abdulmajeed Al-Sulaiheem, Mukhtar Ali, Sami Al-Najei, Ali Al-Hassan, Khalid Al-Ghannam, Nawaf Al-Boushal, Meshari Al Nemer