Cristiano Ronaldo has continued on his stellar individual performance for Al-Nassr in the Saudi Pro League, MySportDab reports
The Manchester United, Real Madrid, and Portugal legend heralded another remarkable landmark in his heroic career as he scored a record 64th career hat-trick against Al-Taee in the Saudi Pro League.
It was a tale of contrasting fortunes in Riyadh as Ronaldo added another one for the record books, scoring three against the relegation battlers.
The 39-year-old opened the scoring for Al-Nassr in the 20th minute but Al-Taee fought back to level terms through Misidjan two minutes later.
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It was an even game for both sides with the scores standing at 1-1 draw but the dynamics changed six minutes after the half hour when Al-Taee’s goalscorer was sent off for a second yellow card.
Down to 10 men with almost an hour left to play, Al-Taee finally fell to the prolific firing arsenal of Al-Nassr. Ghareeb scored deep into first-half added time to ensure the hosts went into the break with a 2-1 lead.
It was an uneventful start to the second half before Cristiano Ronaldo lit proceedings with a quickfire double a few minutes after the hour-mark.
Having the ball on the right flank, Sadio Mane delivered a low-driven cross to the Portuguese, who then rippled the back of the net with a spectacular first-time finish in the 64th minute.
Three minutes later, the iconic footballer was on target again after he was left unmarked to score an easy tap-in which bounced off the cross-bar.
Cristiano Ronaldo was not done scoring despite the quickfire double that saw Al-Nassr race into a commanding 4-1 lead.
In the 87th minute, the former Juventus forward headed home his third goal and Al-Nassr’s 5th to bag his 64th career hat-trick.
The hat-trick has seen Cristiano Ronaldo extend his lead on top of the 2023/24 Saudi Pro League topscorers’ chart to 4 goals with his 26-goal tally.
Former Fulham and Al-Hilal forward Aleksander Mitrovic is second on the chart with 22 league goals for Al-Hilal.
Ronaldo will hope to continue on his prolific goalscoring form as he leads Al-Nassr against Abha in their next Saudi Pro League fixture.
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