ABHA: Cristiano Ronaldo continued his scoring streak in the Saudi Pro League with Al-Nassr by scoring his first hat-trick against Abha, including two goals from free kicks.
The Portuguese icon is already leading the league scoring charts, and last night gifted his team back-to-back hat-tricks – his 65th career hat-trick.
Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 11th minute with a low free kick and doubled the score 10 minutes later with another free kick.
This time the 39 year old player took a swerving kick which killed Abha’s goalkeeper, Ciprian Tatarusanu.
Ronaldo completed his hat-trick by once again beating Tatarusanu, this time in a one-on-one situation with a stunning finishing move.
Al-Nassr finished the first half with a score of 5-0 after Sadio Mane and Abdulmajeed Al-Sulaiheem also contributed goals.
Ronaldo has now scored 29 times in the league this season and leads the scoring list with the closest competitor being Aleksandar Mitrovic from Al-Hilal.
Overall he has scored 42 goals in 41 appearances in all matches for the Saudi Arabian club this season.
Last Saturday, Ronaldo also completed a hat-trick in the 5-1 win over Al-Tai.
Ronaldo might have been able to feast on goals against Abha, but he was substituted before the break in the second half which saw Al-Nassr add three more goals for an 8-0 win.
Al-Nassr is still 12 points behind leaders, Al-Hilal who are still unbeaten this season.