Cristiano Ronaldo seals amazing win for Al Nassr against Al Ahli

Cristiano Ronaldo struck twice to seal a thrilling 4-3 victory for Al Nassr against Al Ahli in the highly anticipated Saudi Pro League clash in Riyadh on Friday night.

The Nassr captain, who came into the match in red-hot form, opened the scoring at Mrsool Park on four minutes, when he collected a Sadio Mane pass and sent his shot low past Ahli goalkeeper Edouard Mendy.

Brazilian Talisca then doubled the hosts’ lead on 17 minutes, heading home Aymeric Laporte’s knock-back from Alex Telles’ deep free-kick.

Yet Ahli, who entered the contest one spot above Nassr in the table in fifth, halved the deficit right on the half hour. Defender Mohammed Al Majhad played a beautiful ball from deep to set Franck Kessie through on goal, and the former AC Milan and Barcelona midfielder finished expertly past Nawaf Al Aqidi in the Nassr goal.

Nassr, though, restored their advantage deep into first-half injury-time. A sweeping move ended with Talisca collecting the ball just inside the Ahli area and curling a beautiful shot into the net off the crossbar. It marked a second stunning effort from the forward in the past two rounds.