Anderson Taliska and ronaldo scored the goals to lead al-nasr to a 3-2 win over al-shabab hosts in a thrilling match in the Saudi Professional Football League on Sunday, reducing the gap with temporarily leading Crescent to 4 points.
Luis Castro’s side took their tally to 52 points, 4 ahead of al-hilal leading the standings ahead of tomorrow’s clash of al-ettifaq, while the al-shabab are 11th on 24 points.
Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring for al-nasr in the 21st minute from a penalty awarded by the referee after a VAR review; To make sure there is a handball on the al-shabab defender Iago Santos.
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Yannick Carrasco then equalized for the al-shabab in the eighth minute of stoppage time for the first half of a penalty after a tackle by Aymeric Laporte on Carlos Jr.
One minute after the second half, Taliskaa put victory ahead with the second goal with a low shot from the edge of the box.
Carlos Jr. adjusted the al-shabab score in the 67th minute after receiving a cross from Habib Diallo to slot it into the net from close range.
Four minutes before the end of the original game time, Taliska secured the third points of victory with the third goal after receiving a pass from Abdullah Al Khibri, overtaking the youth player’s tired warfare and firing into the net from close range.
The al-shabab played with 10 players after Abdallah Rudev was dismissed in the 12th minute of stoppage time for the second half after receiving the second warning for claiming injury and demanding a penalty.
