Al-Nassr defeated Al-Ittihad 5-2 away in the matchday 17 derby in Saudi Arabia.

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Al-Nassr won against Al-Ittihad

Al-Nassr won their third consecutive win in the first league of Saudi Arabia.

The formation, which features Cristiano Ronaldo, Sadio Mane and Marcelo Brozovic, was extremely impressive in a 5-2 away win over Al Ittihad.

However, the hosts opened the scoring. Hamdallah made it 1-0 after Karim Benzema’s assist (14 minutes), but Cristiano Ronaldo restored the tie five minutes later with a shot from 11 meters.

Before the break, Al-Nassr took the lead thanks to Anderson Taliska’s goal (min. 38).

In the second half, Al Ittihad leveled the situation in the standings through the same Hamdallah (min. 52), but the situation changed from the 67th minute when Fabinho left his team in numerical advantage.

Cristiano Ronaldo gave Al-Nassr the lead again with another goal from the penalty spot (68th minute), and Sadio Mane scored twice in the 76th and 82nd minutes to complete the game.

Thanks to this success, Al-Nassr scored 43 points and moved closer to the leader Al-Hilal by 7 points. Al-Ittihad remains in 6th place with 28 points.