Cristiano Ronaldo scores in Al Nassr's win

Cristiano Ronaldo scored today in Al Nassr's 2-0 win over bottom-placed Al Wehda in the 22nd round of the Saudi Arabian Football League, while Jorge Jesus' Al Hilal thrashed Al Kholood 5-1.

Despite Al Nassr's dominance away from home, they only managed to score in the 48th minute, with young Brazilian Angelo crossing from the right for the Portuguese forward, who appeared behind a defender to head the ball away.

In the 90+10 minutes of a rather unexciting challenge, and in the conversion of a penalty, due to a defender's arm in reaction to a free kick by Ronaldo, Senegalese Sadio Mané converted the punishment and made it 2-0.

With this result, Al Nassr is level on terms with Al-Qadisiya in third place, with 47 points, already somewhat behind in the fight for the title, which Al Hilal is also having great difficulty renewing.

Jorge Jesus' team, which has only won five of the last 12 points played for, was in a hurry to resolve its match, as it had already scored twice after four minutes and was already leading 4-0 after 28 minutes: Brazilian Malcon opened the scoring after three minutes and Salem Al Dawsari extended the lead in the following minute.

The hosts' voracity, with Ruben Neves and João Cancelo as starters, resulted in another goal from Malcon, at 20, and from former Benfica player Marcos Leonardo, at 28.

Salem Al Dawsari also scored twice, in the 55th minute, with the only goal for the away team, 11th in the standings, being scored by Abdulrahman Al Safari, in the 65th minute.

Al Hilal, who had gone three games without a win, a fact that cost them the lead, are second, with 51 points, four behind the Al Itthiad team, led by Laurent Blanc and Danilo Pereira, who beat Jesus' team 4-1 in the previous round, and who only play on Wednesday, visiting Al-Khaleej, 10th.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored today in Al Nassr's 2-0 win over bottom-placed Al Wehda in the 22nd round of the Saudi Arabian Football League, while Jorge Jesus' Al Hilal thrashed Al Kholood 5-1.

Despite Al Nassr's dominance away from home, they only managed to score in the 48th minute, with young Brazilian Angelo crossing from the right for the Portuguese forward, who appeared behind a defender to head the ball away.

In the 90+10 minutes of a rather unexciting challenge, and in the conversion of a penalty, due to a defender's arm in reaction to a free kick by Ronaldo, Senegalese Sadio Mané converted the punishment and made it 2-0.

With this result, Al Nassr is level on terms with Al-Qadisiya in third place, with 47 points, already somewhat behind in the fight for the title, which Al Hilal is also having great difficulty renewing.

Jorge Jesus' team, which has only won five of the last 12 points played for, was in a hurry to resolve its match, as it had already scored twice after four minutes and was already leading 4-0 after 28 minutes: Brazilian Malcon opened the scoring after three minutes and Salem Al Dawsari extended the lead in the following minute.

The hosts' voracity, with Ruben Neves and João Cancelo as starters, resulted in another goal from Malcon, at 20, and from former Benfica player Marcos Leonardo, at 28.

Salem Al Dawsari also scored twice, in the 55th minute, with the only goal for the away team, 11th in the standings, being scored by Abdulrahman Al Safari, in the 65th minute.

Al Hilal, who had gone three games without a win, a fact that cost them the lead, are second, with 51 points, four behind the Al Itthiad team, led by Laurent Blanc and Danilo Pereira, who beat Jesus' team 4-1 in the previous round, and who only play on Wednesday, visiting Al-Khaleej, 10th.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored today in Al Nassr's 2-0 win over bottom-placed Al Wehda in the 22nd round of the Saudi Arabian Football League, while Jorge Jesus' Al Hilal thrashed Al Kholood 5-1.

Despite Al Nassr's dominance away from home, they only managed to score in the 48th minute, with young Brazilian Angelo crossing from the right for the Portuguese forward, who appeared behind a defender to head the ball away.

In the 90+10 minutes of a rather unexciting challenge, and in the conversion of a penalty, due to a defender's arm in reaction to a free kick by Ronaldo, Senegalese Sadio Mané converted the punishment and made it 2-0.

With this result, Al Nassr is level on terms with Al-Qadisiya in third place, with 47 points, already somewhat behind in the fight for the title, which Al Hilal is also having great difficulty renewing.

Jorge Jesus' team, which has only won five of the last 12 points played for, was in a hurry to resolve its match, as it had already scored twice after four minutes and was already leading 4-0 after 28 minutes: Brazilian Malcon opened the scoring after three minutes and Salem Al Dawsari extended the lead in the following minute.

The hosts' voracity, with Ruben Neves and João Cancelo as starters, resulted in another goal from Malcon, at 20, and from former Benfica player Marcos Leonardo, at 28.

Salem Al Dawsari also scored twice, in the 55th minute, with the only goal for the away team, 11th in the standings, being scored by Abdulrahman Al Safari, in the 65th minute.

Al Hilal, who had gone three games without a win, a fact that cost them the lead, are second, with 51 points, four behind the Al Itthiad team, led by Laurent Blanc and Danilo Pereira, who beat Jesus' team 4-1 in the previous round, and who only play on Wednesday, visiting Al-Khaleej, 10th.