Cristiano Ronaldo was able to shake off the streak of two games without scoring with Al-Nassr, managing to score a penalty at 90 + 3 ‘which also helped him draw 2-2 against Al-Fateh and save a point that allows his team stay on top of the Saudi Arabian First Division.
El Bicho chose the upper part of his left side, while the rival goalkeeper went to the opposite side.
Al-Fateh had taken the lead at 12′ thanks to Spanish Cristian Tello to make the game 1-0, a score that remained until 42′ when Anderson Talista equalized.
For the second half, the Algerian Sofiane Bendebka put Al-Fateh back to win, and it seemed that the game was going to end that way.
But an action that generated a penalty in minute 91 led to Cristiano Ronaldo’s penalty kick, which became the final tie.
This is how the top 3 of the Saudi Professional League goes
With today’s tie, Al-Nassr shares the lead in the Saudi Professional League with Al-Shadab with 34 points, although CR7’s are up on goal difference and have one game less. In third place is Al-Hilal with 32 points.
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