Watch: Cristiano Ronaldo Scores Second Hattrick In 3 Games As Al-Nassr Beat Damac To Retain Top Spot In Saudi Pro League

After a sedate start, Cristiano Ronaldo is now flying in Saudi Pro League as he completed his second hattrick for Al-Nassr in 3 matches, helping his club boss the tournament

After a poor start at Al-Nassr, his new football club, Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo has found his mojo back and how. On Saturday, February 25, the 38-year-old completed a hattrick of goals in the match vs Damac at Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium in Abha to ensure his side remained on top of the points table. This was Ronaldo's second hattrick in 3 games as he continues to boss the tournament. Not to forget, all the 3 goals came in just the first half of the match, meaning Ronaldo almost sealed the game for Al-Nassr in the first 45 minutes itself.

Watch Ronaldo's hat-trick for Al-Nassr vs Damac below:

825TH CAREER GOAL FOR THE GREATEST CRISTIANO RONALDO __pic.twitter.com/yeVHFic3ac — CristianoXtra (@CristianoXtra_) February 25, 2023

CRISTIANO RONALDO DOES IT AGAIN. _

143rd weak foot goal for the Greatest of all time _pic.twitter.com/pwEwR1aCCz

— CristianoXtra (@CristianoXtra_) February 25, 2023

62ND HAT-TRICK FOR THE GREATEST CRISTIANO RONALDO:

Hat-tricks before 30 years of age: 30

Hat-tricks after 30 years old: 32

Ageing like a fine wine. __pic.twitter.com/rzSfQWLGKC — CristianoXtra (@CristianoXtra_) February 25, 2023

Courtesy the Saturday night win, Al-Nassr continue to sit on the tip of the points table with 43 points from 18 matches. They are minutely ahead of second-placed Al-Ittihad who have 41 points from same number of matches.

The first goal came in the 18th minute of the match when VAR awarded a penalty to Al-Nassr. Ronaldo took it and scored to open the account for the club. It was easile done as the goalkeeper erred by diving in the wrong direction as Ronaldo netted it. The second goal came just five minutes later, in the 23rd minute, with Ronaldo scoring from outside the opposition box with his left foot. He was surrounded by the defenders but he quite beautifully tricked them and shot the ball into the bottom-left corner of the net. 

The third goal came right before the half-time whistle, in the 44th minute of the match, as Ronaldo got a pass near the penalty shot and all he had to do was touch it past the goalkeeper. Ronaldo has now completed 8 goals for Al-Nassr since his debut and sit at  joint-fourth position in race to Golden Boot.