Al Nassr’s starting lineup for the match welcoming Al EttifaqAl Nassr completely dominated the team led by coach Steven Gerrard. But it wasn’t until the 43rd minute that the home team was able to break the deadlock thanks to A. Telles’s stunning goal. That was an exemplary volley from nearly 30 meters awayFormer MU defender celebrates the opening goal In the 59th minute, Ronaldo delicately headed the ball to create an assist for Marcelo Brozovic to sneak down to double the gap for Al Nassr. In the 72nd minute, Ronaldo directly entered his name on the scoreboard. Sadio Mane dribbled the ball, causing defender Abdulrahamn Yousef to touch the ball in the away team’s penalty area, resulting in a penalty. Ronaldo shot an 11-meter shot to the bottom left corner, making goalkeeper Paulo Victor’s guess in the right direction unable to block itCR7’s familiar celebration This is Ronaldo’s 51st goal in 2023, and also the 870th goal of his career after 1,202 matches.With 51 goals, the former MU, Real Madrid and Juventus striker officially surpassed Haaland and Harry Kane to become the top scorer in 2023.

The 38-year-old Portuguese striker also raised his all-time scoring record to 49 goals, more than the person behind Lionel Messi. Ronaldo has scored more goals in his career than Brazilian Ronaldo (414 goals) and Thierry Henry (417) combined. 

Ronaldo has a total of 249 goal assists in his career. In the Saudi Pro League this season, CR7 also leads the list of goals scored (17) and assists (9), despite only playing 16 matches. Thus, on average each match, Ronaldo scores more than 1.6 goals.