A surprising strike from Cristiano Ronaldo accomplished Al Nassr’s comeback from 2-0 all the way down to safe a 3-2 win over Al Shabab on Tuesday and preserve alive their problem for the Saudi Professional League title.
After Al Nassr had recovered to degree the sport early within the second half, Ronaldo drove previous two defenders earlier than unleashing an unstoppable drive into the web from the sting of the penalty field to take the lead within the 59th minute.
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Ronaldo’s 14th league objective in 15 appearances was sufficient to present Al Nassr a significant win and, with leaders Al Ittihad additionally profitable, retains the Saudi Professional League title race alive going into the ultimate two video games of the season.
Al Nassr path Al Ittihad by three factors after 28 of the 30 rounds.
Earlier, it had seemed like Al Nassr’s hopes could be coming to a untimely finish when Al Shabab took a 2-0 first-half lead by two targets, one a penalty, from Argentine Cristian Guanca.
However Brazilian Anderson Talisca pulled a objective again with a first-time end a minute earlier than half-time to get the house facet again into the competition.
Abdulrahman Ghareeb then leveled the match within the 51st minute with a easy flip and end from six yards earlier than Ronaldo produced some acquainted magic to finish the victory.