Cristiano Ronaldo’s Saudi title hopes revived after leaders lose

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Fahd Al-Rashidi scored once in each half to give Al-Taawoun a 2-0 lead before Abderrazak Hamdallah replied in the 76th minute.

Ronaldo, who has scored 12 league goals since joining Al-Nassr in January, also posted a photo on Twitter with Al-Nassr’s motto “ANA AALAMY” in Arabic in the early hours on Thursday.

انا_عالمي #ANA_AALAMY
💛💙 pic.twitter.com/tgmxYeGKN4

— Cristiano Ronaldo (@Cristiano) May 3, 2023

Earlier, on April 29, Ronaldo scored his first goal in four games on Friday to help Al-Nassr to a 4-0 win over Al-Raed, keeping alive the team’s slim Saudi Pro League title hopes.

With five matches remaining this season, Al-Nassr remain second in the league, three points behind leaders Al-Ittihad having played a game more than their rivals.

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Ronaldo, who joined Al-Nassr in January on a contract estimated by the media to be worth more than 200 million euros ($220 million), had looked disgruntled in recent weeks as Al-Nassr failed to score in three straight games.