Cristiano Ronaldo and 1,000 Goals: Portugal Star Scores No. 960 in Al-Nassr Win

Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 960th official goal of his career as Al-Nassr beat Damac 2-1 in the Saudi Pro League on Wednesday night to close the gap on leaders Al-Hilal to just four points. 

Abdulrahman Ghareeb opened the scoring early on in the game before Ronaldo doubled their advantage at the start of the second half. Damac did pull one back midway through the second half but Al-Nassr hung on for a vital win to reignite their title bid.

For Ronaldo, he is now 40 goals shy of 1,000 in his illustrious career. The Portugal captain is already the leading men's international scorer with 143 goals from 225 games.

Al-Nassr needed less than five minutes to open the scoring against a Damac side struggling in the wrong half of the Saudi Pro League table. Kingsley Coman was the creator with some good work down the right before pulling the ball back for Ghareeb. The winger still had work to do but took a great touch to wrong-foot his defender and then calmly slotted home.

It looked like the start of a deluge but Al-Nassr were wasteful in front of goal and could not add to their tally in the first half. Joao Felix blasted a good chance over and then smashed another effort off the crossbar, while Al-Nassr were also denied a penalty after Abdelkader Bedrane appeared to handle the ball. Damac also caused the visitors a few problems of their own. Riyadh Sharahili had the ball in the back of the net but saw it ruled out for offside, while goalkeeper Bento made two good saves before the interval.

Ronaldo endured a frustrating opening 45 minutes but made amends at the start of the second half. Felix played his Portugal teammate through on goal to clip the ball past goalkeeper Kewin for goal number 960 of his career. Damac have struggled