Al Nassr back on top<\/p>\n
The victory was also crucial in the title race. Al Nassr claimed all three points at Al Awwal Park while rivals Al Hilal were held to a 1-1 draw by 10 men Al Ittihad. The result lifted Al Nassr back to the top of the table with 55 points, their first time leading the league in 10 rounds. Al Hilal is on 54 points. Al-Ahli is also in the title mix as they are currently 2 points behind Al Nassr.<\/p>\n
Bisht and a heartfelt message<\/p>\n
It was no surprise that Ronaldo celebrated in style at full time. He led the Viking clap in front of the Al Awwal Park crowd while proudly wearing the traditional Saudi bisht. The scene showed his joy and sense of belonging in Riyadh. It also made the night even more special as it coincided with Saudi Arabia\u2019s Founding Day celebrations.<\/p>\n
Speaking after the match, Ronaldo shared his feelings.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, I’m very happy,\u201d he said with a smile. \u201cAs I say so many times, I belong to Saudi Arabia. It’s a country that welcomed very well to me and my family and my friends. I’m happy here. I want to continue here.\u201d<\/p>\n
The road to 1,000<\/p>\n
With this brace, Ronaldo\u2019s official career total has climbed to 964 goals. He now needs 36 more to reach the 1,000 goal mark, a target he has openly said is his final big ambition before retirement.<\/p>\n
Goals scored after turning 30<\/p>\n
Real Madrid: 162
Al Nassr: 120
Juventus: 101
Portugal: 91
Manchester United: 27<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Al Nassr back on top The victory was also crucial in the title race. Al Nassr claimed all…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":496987,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,36456,596,5248,85],"class_list":["post-496986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cristiano-ronaldo","tag-football","tag-saudi-pro-league","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/496987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}