Cristiano Ronaldo revived Al Nassr's slim hopes of winning the Saudi Pro League title in his first season at the club after scoring a penalty to help them to a 2-0 victory over Al Ta'ee on Tuesday.
With league leaders Al Ittihad throwing away a two-goal advantage to draw 2-2 with Al Hilal, Al Nassr drew to within three points of the top spot with three games remaining in the season.
Al Ittihad, however, still have the advantage in their head-to-head with Al-Nassr, the first tiebreaker if teams finish level on points.
At Al-Ta'ee Stadium in Ha'il, Ronaldo gave Al Nassr the lead from the penalty spot just after halftime and Brazilian Talisca settled the game with another goal ten minutes from final whistle.
At Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium in Riyadh as Al Hilal scored controversial goals at the end of each half to battle back and hold Al Ittihad to a draw.
Al Ittihad took the lead through Igor Coronado and Ahmed Bamsoud in the first half an hour.
India, Pak face off on June 21
India and Pakistan are set to renew their football rivalry after nearly five years as the two neighbouring countries have been clubbed in the same group of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Cup to be held in Bangalore from June 21 to July 4.
The draw was held here on Wednesday with defending champions India, Pakistan, Kuwait and Nepal being clubbed in Group A. Lebanon, Maldives, Bangladesh and Bhutan are in Group B. The Indo-Pak Group A clash will be on June 21.
