Cristiano Ronaldo nets 2 and leads Saudi league in scoring


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DAMMAM, Saudi Arabia — Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice for Al-Nassr in a 3-1 victory over Al-Khaleej to move atop the Saudi Pro League goalscoring standings above Aleksandar Mitrovic and Karim Benzema. The five-time Ballon D'Or winner fired Al-Nassr into the lead after 65 minutes. While Al-Khaleej made it 1-1 after 80 minutes, Sultan Al-Ghannam quickly restored the lead for Al-Nassr. Ronaldo sealed victory eight minutes into stoppage time from close range for his 13th Saudi Pro League goal of the season. He is one ahead of Mitrovic of Al-Hilal and two in front of Benzema of Al-Ittihad.

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