- Ronaldo scored twice together with a surprising volley as Al-Nassr got here from behind
- It was the veteran’s thirty second objective in 35 appearances in all competitions this season
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Cristiano Ronaldo scored a surprising volley to encourage Al-Nassr to a comeback win over Al-Riyadh.
Ronaldo’s facet claimed a 2-1 residence win on Saturday night time to shut the hole on second-placed Al-Hilal to a degree within the Saudi Professional League.
However Al-Nassr needed to do it the laborious away after Faiz Selemani’s rebound gave the guests the lead on the stroke of half-time.
Ronaldo levelled the match with a close-range after Sadio Mane’s low cross into the field within the 56th minute.
The 40-year-old then struck an outstanding thumping volley from the sting of the field and into the highest nook eight minutes later.
Al-Awwal Park erupted and Ronaldo ran in direction of the nook to carry out his iconic Siu celebration.
Cristiano Roaldo scored a brace to encourage Al-Nassr to a comeback win over Al-Riyadh
The Portuguese ahead’s second objective of the night time got here by way of a surprising long-range volley
It was the Portuguese ahead’s thirty second objective of the season for Al-Nassr in 35 appearances throughout all competitions.
Followers took to social media to heap reward on Ronaldo, with one saying: ‘Ronaldo doing Ronaldo issues – due to course he’s nonetheless scoring worldies in his l40s. GOAT stuff.’
One other posted: ‘No 40 yr previous footballer must be this deadly and nonetheless capable of hit a ball this tough bro, what a objective! Ronaldo has been an anomaly at each stage of his life, the unscripted GOAT.’
‘That is the cleanest volley you’ll ever see in your puff. 40 years of age, absolute joke,’ a 3rd added.
Al-Riyadh had been decreased to 10-men within the fourth minute of injury-time when Ahmad Asiri caught Jhon Duran with a late deal with and was proven a straight pink.
Regardless of the comeback win, Al-Nassr stay eight factors behind leaders Al-ittihad with seven video games remaining.


















