Al Nassr

Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat trick as Al Nassr beat Damac 3-0 on Saturday to move top of the Saudi Pro League. Ronaldo, who has now scored seven goals in ...

[Manchester United](/football/team?id=360) and [Real Madrid](/football/team?id=86) forward had a fourth goal ruled out for offside in the second-half as Damac, without a win in four matches, struggled to contain Rudi Garcia's side. [Cristiano Ronaldo](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/22774/Cristiano-Ronaldo) scored a hat trick as [Al Nassr](/football/team/_/id/817/al-nassr) beat Damac 3-0 on Saturday to move top of the Saudi Pro League. Ronaldo opened the scoring from the penalty spot following a handball from Damac captain Ibrahim Al-Nakhli.

Cristiano Ronaldo was in hot-form and scored his second hat-trick in three games for Al Nassr, in a 3-0 win vs Damac in the Saudi Pro League, on Saturday.

Al Nassr face Al Batin in their upcoming fixture on March 3, and Ronaldo will be aiming to add more goals to his tally, and try challenging for the Golden Boot. Al Nassr kept their position on top of the Saudi Pro League table intact with a comfortable 3-0 win against Damac, courtesy of a Cristiano Ronaldo hat-trick. Receiving a pass from the right wing, Ronaldo was surrounded by a lot of players, but scored a screamer from outside the opposition box with his left foot, shooting the ball into the bottom-left corner.

Al-Nassr returned to the top of the Saudi Pro League with the victory, two points ahead of Al-Ittihad, who dropped points to Al-Raed at home.

Ronaldo received a cut-back pass near the penalty spot from Sultan Al Ghanam, which he comfortably placed over the opposition goalkeeper to make it 3-0. Then in the 23rd minute, Ronaldo made it 2-0 for Al Nassr, with a powerful left-footed strike that became his 169th from the weaker side. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner opened the scoring in the 18 minutes of the game from the penalty spot after Ibrahim Al Nakhli was penalised for a handball inside the penalty area.

Win over Damac keeps Riyadh club top of the Saudi Pro League.

[four goals against Al Wehda](https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/football/2023/02/10/cristiano-ronaldo-great-feeling-to-score-four-and-reach-500-league-goals/) on February 9 having opened his account the previous week with a [stoppage-time penalty against Al Fateh](https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/football/2023/02/04/cristiano-ronaldo-happy-after-scoring-first-goal-for-al-nassr/). Well done guys!" "Special night.

The Portugal skipper has scored two hat-tricks in his last three games for Al Nassr, and was once again in scintillating form at the Prince Sultan bin Abdul ...

Earlier, amid criticism for poor form in his competitive career in Saudi Arabia, Cristiano Ronaldo showed that he still hasn't lost his goal-scoring ability despite being 38 years of age. Ronaldo finished his hat-trick in the 44th minute of the game after getting a solid pass from the penalty spot. It was Cristiano Ronaldo’s hat trick that helped Al Nassr win the game.

After a sedate start, Cristiano Ronaldo is now flying in Saudi Pro League as he completed his second hattrick for Al-Nassr in 3 matches, helping his club ...

Not to forget, all the 3 goals came in just the first half of the match, meaning Ronaldo almost sealed the game for Al-Nassr in the first 45 minutes itself. The second goal came just five minutes later, in the 23rd minute, with Ronaldo scoring from outside the opposition box with his left foot. This was Ronaldo's second hattrick in 3 games as he continues to boss the tournament.