Cristiano Ronaldo missed a penalty and scored a screamer as Al Nassr maintained their unbeaten begin to the Saudi Professional League season with a 5-1 thumping of Al Fateh.
The 40-year-old rattled the bar within the first half and acquired the possibility to place his facet again in entrance when Al Nassr had been awarded a penalty for handball early within the second half.
Ronaldo’s comparatively tame effort was effectively saved all the way down to his left by Ameen Al-Bukhari, however the Portuguese famous person responded virtually instantly seize his facet’s second objective.
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This time Al-Bukhari stood no likelihood as Ronaldo unleashed a rocket from the suitable nook of the field that flew previous the goalkeeper and sparked wild celebrations that led to him being booked for taking off his shirt.
Ronaldo’s surprise objective sandwiched two strikes from João Félix, and after Kingsley Coman had grabbed Al Nassr’s fourth, Félix duly accomplished his second hat trick of the season after Sadio Mane’s preliminary effort was blocked on the road.
