Cristiano Ronaldo returned to the Al Nassr beginning XI and noticed his facet come from 2-0 right down to win at Al Ettifaq regardless of being right down to 10 males inside 12 minutes.
Goalkeeper Bento noticed the early crimson card for Ange Postecoglou’s facet and so they had been 2-0 down heading into the ultimate 20 minutes.
However two late targets from former Liverpool man Sadio Mane and one for Abdulelah Al Amri earned an unimaginable win which continued their unbeaten begin to their Saudi Professional League title defence.
Ronaldo was a substitute final Friday as he made his first look for the reason that World Cup in a 4-0 win at Al Riyadh.
And he lasted 45 minutes on Tuesday night time earlier than being changed as former Tottenham boss Postecoglou regarded to plug the gaps left by Bento’s early crimson card.
The keeper raced off his line to try to take care of a fast ball excessive however solely succeeded in taking down former Fulham and Celtic striker Moussa Dembele.
Targets from Ondrej Duda and Alvaro Medrán had Al Ettifaq in management however Mane then ran by means of to poke residence a purpose that sparked a loopy fightback.
Al Amri scored right away to degree issues up after which in added time Mane once more discovered himself clear by means of and he calmly buried the winner which stood after a test for offside.
