Cristiano Ronaldo celebrated his 850th career goal as Al Nassr won 5-1 at Al-Hazm in the Saudi Pro League at King Abdullah Sports City Stadium on Saturday.
Ronaldo scored his sixth goal in his last three games and claimed two assists as Al Nassr recorded a third straight league victory. Senegal international Sadio Mane, who joined Al Nassr from Bayern Munich, was also on the scoresheet with a strike in the 78th minute. “Another great team performance! We keep improving. Let’s go @AlNassrFC.. 850 career goals and still counting!” the 38-year-old Ronaldo posted on social media.
After Al Nassr lost their first two league games this term, last season’s runners-up, who have scored 14 goals in their last three games, are now just four points off leaders Al-Hilal. Ronaldo is the league’s top scorer this season with six goals, one ahead of former Liverpool forward Mane.
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Ronaldo’s longtime rival Lionel Messi, who has taken the MLS by storm with Inter Miami, currently has 818 career goals. The victory puts Al-Nassr four points off Al-Hilal in first. Aleksander Mitrovic’s hat-trick meant the league leaders won 4-3 at Al-Ittihad on Friday, with Karim Benzema scoring for the hosts.
Meanwhile, Moussa Dembele’s double helped Al-Ettifaq to a 3-1 win over Damac. Victory for Al-Nassr extends their unbeaten run to four matches, while the win for Steven Gerrard’s Al-Ettifaq ended a two-match winless run. Elsewhere, an Al-Ahli side including Roberto Firmino, Gabri Veiga, Riyad Mahrez, and Allan Saint-Maximin were beaten 5-1 by Al-Fateh, causing them to lose ground at the top.