Cristiano Ronaldo scores stunner to keep Al Nassr's title hopes alive with 3-2 victory over Al Shabab in Saudi Arabia [Video]

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It was a sweet victory for Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al Nassr in their game against Al Shabab as they came from behind to keep faint title hopes alive in the Saudi Pro League.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored the winner with a stunning solo goal as Al Nassr kept alive title hopes after defeating Al Shabab in the Saudi Pro League.

The victory leaves Al Nassr three points behind Al Ittihad, who defeated bottom-of-the-table Al Batin to stay top of the league.

With just two games to be played in the Saudi League, Ronaldo’s Al Nassr side needs their rivals to drop points while making sure they win the remainder of their own games.

Al Shabab looked to have dented Al Nassr’s faint hopes of winning the title early on, with Argentinian forward Cristian Guanca putting the Riyadh-based side two goals up in the first half.

Al Nassr clawed their way back into contention with goals from Talisca and Abdulrahman Ghareeb either side of halftime.  

Cristiano Ronaldo then put Al Nassr 3-2 up with a brilliant solo strike. Running from near to the halfway line the Portuguese attacker shrugged off one challenge, skipped around another defender and curled a long-distance shot around the Al Shabab goalkeeper to claim the win.

It brings the star player’s personal tally to 18 goals in 14 games since arriving in the Kingdom.

The chances of starting his time in Saudi Arabia with silverware to go with the reported $214m-a-year salary remain slim, however.

Under Saudi league rules, if teams are tied at the top of the league the result is decided not on goal difference, but on head-to-head performance.

With Al Ittihad besting Al Nassr in the league this year a tie would hand the title to Ronaldo’s rivals.

Al Nassr next play on Saturday, May 27 against Ettifaq. Al Ittihad, meanwhile, could secure the championship with a victory over Al Fehia at the same time.

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Source: arabianbusiness.com

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