Cristiano Ronaldo scored a A hundred and fifteenth-minute penalty to take care of Al-Nassr’s one hundred pc begin to the Saudi Professional League season following a 2-1 win over Al-Fayha.
Ronaldo, who had equalised earlier within the recreation after Jason had given the guests a shock lead, dispatched the spot-kick deep into second-half stoppage-time after defender Abdulelah Al-Amri was adjudged to have been fouled within the field.
The lead to Riyadh preserves Ronaldo and co.’s good begin to the league marketing campaign that has seen them win all seven of their opening matches to maneuver three factors clear on the prime.
Al-Nassr v Al-Fayha because it occurred
With the likes of Ronaldo, Sadio Mane, Joao Felix and Kingsley Coman of their ranks, it’s maybe unsurprising that Al-Nassr have scored essentially the most objectives within the Saudi top-flight to this point this time period.
However regardless of the hoists enviable attacking prowess, it was the guests who took a shock lead on 13 minutes when former Manchester United defender Chris Smalling’s ball excessive discovered the run of Jason.
With Al-Nassr’s excessive defensive position uncovered, the Spanish ahead charged into the field earlier than ending past Nawaf Alaqidi to offer Al-Fayha the early benefit.
Kingsley Coman then scored what initially gave the impression to be the equaliser when he completed effectively from Sadio Mane’s low cross, however VAR adjudged that Mane had been in an offside place within the build-up.
Nonetheless, the hosts would draw degree earlier than the break courtesy of Ronaldo. Following some neat footwork by Coman, the Frenchman picked out Ronaldo within the field and the Portuguese ahead required simply two touches to take the ball away from the keeper and lash residence his eighth aim of the season.
With issues all sq. on the break, Al-Nassr started the second half brightly. Ronaldo squandered a superb likelihood when he didn’t hit the goal after latching on to Angelo Gabriel’s cutback.
The guests regarded extra harmful on the counter-attack within the latter levels of the match, and had a few nice possibilities to nick it on the dying.
They usually had been made to rue these squandered efforts when Al-Nassr had been awarded a penalty within the fifteenth minute of added time, which Ronaldo duly transformed to offer his workforce a last-gasp victory.
