{"id":288442,"date":"2023-09-03T20:45:51","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T20:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=288442"},"modified":"2023-09-03T20:45:51","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T20:45:51","slug":"cristiano-ronaldo-scores-his-850th-career-goal-in-big-al-nassr-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/cristiano-ronaldo-scores-his-850th-career-goal-in-big-al-nassr-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Cristiano Ronaldo scores his 850th career goal in big Al-Nassr win"},"content":{"rendered":"
Cristiano Ronaldo celebrated his 850th career goal as Al Nassr won 5-1 at Al-Hazm in the Saudi Pro League on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Ronaldo scored his sixth goal in his last three games and claimed two assists as Al-Nassr recorded a third straight league victory. Sadio Mane was also on the scoresheet.<\/p>\n
‘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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Ronaldo is the league’s top scorer this season with six goals, one ahead of former Liverpool forward Mane.<\/p>\n
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Cristiano Ronaldo reached the milestone of 850 senior goals on Saturday for Al-Nassr<\/p>\n
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Ronaldo’s strike came in the 68th minute of the game and was AL-Nassr’s fourth of the night<\/p>\n
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Sadio Mane netted the fifth of the five for the visitors to take his tally this season so far to five league goals in five appearances<\/p>\n
After a slow start, Al-Nassr took the lead in the 33rd minute through Abdulrahman Ghareeb, before Abdullah Al-Khaibari made it two in the eighth minute of stoppage time at the end of the opening period.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But within two minutes of the restart, Muhammed Badamosi draw one back for the hosts, only for summer signing Otavio to restore the two-goal margin 10 minutes later.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After the third goal, Al-Nassr’s leading stars joined the party, Ronaldo netting his landmark goal on 68 minutes ahead of Mane’s strike in the 78th.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Ronaldo took to social media to acknowledge his feat but promised that there would be more goals to come<\/p>\n