{"id":1622,"date":"2023-05-16T23:47:13","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T23:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/2023\/05\/16\/cristiano-ronaldo-nets-penalty-as-al-nassr-beat-al-taee-and-keep-their-faint-title-hopes\/"},"modified":"2023-05-16T23:47:13","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T23:47:13","slug":"cristiano-ronaldo-nets-penalty-as-al-nassr-beat-al-taee-and-keep-their-faint-title-hopes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/cristiano-ronaldo-nets-penalty-as-al-nassr-beat-al-taee-and-keep-their-faint-title-hopes\/","title":{"rendered":"Cristiano Ronaldo nets penalty as\u00a0Al Nassr beat Al Ta&#8217;ee and keep their faint title hopes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"js-article-text\" wp_automatic_readability=\"68.712208373282\">\n<h2>Cristiano Ronaldo slots home second-half penalty following VAR review before Talisca punishes gaffe late on as Al Nassr secure 2-0 victory at Al Ta&#8217;ee and keep their title hopes alive in Saudi Pro League<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Al Nassr beat Al Ta&#8217;ee to narrow the gap on leaders Al-ittihad to three points<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Cristiano Ronaldo slotted home his fifth penalty this season in the 48th minute\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Talisca doubled the visitors advantage after a mix up on the edge of the box<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-147\/david-wood.html\" class=\"author\" rel=\"noopener\">David Wood for MailOnline<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"><span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-published\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Published:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2023-05-16T22:20:56+0100\"> 17:20 EDT, 16 May 2023 <\/time> <\/span> | <span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Updated:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2023-05-17T00:42:07+0100\"> 19:42 EDT, 16 May 2023 <\/time> <\/span> <\/p>\n<p> <!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/sport\/football\/article\/other\/para_top.html --> <!-- CWV --><!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-async-bundle\/6.50.5\/articleDefer.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--> <!--[if IE]>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/registration--.css\" media=\"screen\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/17.16.0\/registration--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--><!--[if IE]>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all1-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-sync-bundle\/8.30.1\/desktop.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/17.16.0\/all--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/><link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/17.16.0\/all1--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--> <!--[if IE 8]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if IE 9]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if IE]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]> -->  <!--<![endif]--><\/p>\n<p>   <!-- SiteCatalyst code version: H.20.3.\n    Copyright 1997-2009 Omniture, Inc. 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id=\"mol-8d17a250-f42f-11ed-b693-95563f849695\" rel=\"noopener\">Cristiano Ronaldo<\/a> scored a second-half penalty as Al Nassr beat Al Ta&#8217;ee to narrow the gap on leaders\u00a0Al-ittihad to three points with three games to go.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The spot kick was awarded after the VAR sent the referee to consult the pitchside monitor following a challenge on Asulaihem in the box.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">And Ronaldo slotted home his fifth penalty this season in the 48th minute.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The five-time <a target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/ballon_dor\/index.html\" id=\"mol-8d1c5d40-f42f-11ed-b693-95563f849695\" rel=\"noopener\">Ballon d&#8217;Or<\/a> winner had scored just one goal in his last four games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Ronaldo went close with a first-half header which went straight into the arms of the Al Ta&#8217;ee goalkeeper.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-f82c67dbe3b931a7\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/05\/17\/00\/71070153-12091385-image-a-31_1684280205246.jpg\" height=\"550\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Cristiano Ronaldo was on target as Al-Nassr kept their title hopes alive by beating Al-Ta'ee 2-0\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-f82c67dbe3b931a7\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/05\/17\/00\/71070153-12091385-image-a-31_1684280205246.jpg\" height=\"550\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Cristiano Ronaldo was on target as Al-Nassr kept their title hopes alive by beating Al-Ta'ee 2-0\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Cristiano Ronaldo was on target as Al-Nassr kept their title hopes alive by beating Al-Ta&#8217;ee 2-0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-bb391feec8e7edbb\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/05\/17\/00\/71070165-12091385-Ronaldo-a-33_1684280326278.jpg\" height=\"552\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Ronaldo had scored one goal in his last four games before the match on Tuesday night\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-bb391feec8e7edbb\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/05\/17\/00\/71070165-12091385-Ronaldo-a-33_1684280326278.jpg\" height=\"552\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Ronaldo had scored one goal in his last four games before the match on Tuesday night\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Ronaldo had scored one goal in his last four games before the match on Tuesday night<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" wp_automatic_readability=\"8\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-857c316d557276dc\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/05\/17\/00\/71070143-12091385-image-a-34_1684280348782.jpg\" height=\"549\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Al-Nassr players celebrated with the Portuguese star after he scored from the spot in the second half\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-857c316d557276dc\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/05\/17\/00\/71070143-12091385-image-a-34_1684280348782.jpg\" height=\"549\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Al-Nassr players celebrated with the Portuguese star after he scored from the spot in the second half\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Al-Nassr players celebrated with the Portuguese star after he scored from the spot in the second half<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">And he was denied again by a fine save from Braga a few minutes later after finding space on the edge of the box.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Talisca doubled the visitors advantage late on after a mix up on the edge of the box.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Leaders\u00a0leaders Al-ittihad were held to a 2-2 draw by fourth-placed Al Hilal as their lead at the top of the table was cut to three points on Tuesday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"art-ins mol-factbox sport\" data-version=\"2\" id=\"mol-d570c4c0-f428-11ed-95d2-7566a0efdf23\" data-permabox-url=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12091385\/Cristiano-Ronaldo-nets-penalty-Al-Nassr-beat-Al-Taee-faint-title-hopes-alive.html\" wp_automatic_readability=\"19\">\n<h3 class=\"mol-factbox-title\">MATCH FACTS<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ins cleared mol-factbox-body\" wp_automatic_readability=\"58\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">Al-Ta\u2019ee:<\/span> Braga, Fai, Majrashi, Semedo, Quassem, Sayoud, Dener, Ali, Harzan, Musona, Mbnza<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">Al-Nassr:<\/span>\u00a0Rossi, Sultan, Gonzalez, Lajami, Konan, Gustavo, Alkhaibari, Alsulaihem, Ghareeb, Talisca, Ronaldo<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">Goals:<\/span> Ronaldo 48,\u00a0 Talisca 80<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>            <!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/sport\/football\/article\/other\/inread_player.html --><\/p>\n<div class=\"column-content cleared\">\n<div class=\"shareArticles\">\n<h3 class=\"social-links-title\">Share or comment on this article: <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p>            <ad-slot position=\"smart_feed\"><\/ad-slot><\/p>\n<p>            <ad-slot position=\"after_article\"><\/ad-slot><\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a 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