Cristiano Ronaldo and his family are shown at Al-Nassr (from Al-Nassr's Twitter)
When Cristiano Ronaldo signed for Al-Nassr, one might have assumed it would end in winning the title. But in recent weeks, the Portuguese star and his team have begun to screw up, and Al-Ittihad's gap at the top of the Saudi league grew to five points on Monday after the runners-up disappointed to draw 1-1 at home to 14th-placed Al Khaleej.
Ronaldo, who came close to scoring on several occasions, has found the net just once in his last five games, and according to Saudi media blamed the pitch for his misses last night:
After the game, local media dealt with a number of incidents involving the star. At first, after his team's goal, he looked late to the celebrations, and instead was in a discussion with Taliska:
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Later he finally managed to score, but the goal was disallowed for offside - a decision he found difficult to make, and which caused him to complain about refereeing:
At the end of the game, the opposing players waited to exchange shirts with him. Compatriot Fabio Martinez was honoured, but when a member of staff arrived and tried to take a selfie with CR7, Ronaldo angrily refused, pushed the staff member and went down to the dressing rooms:
Ronaldo, 38, has scored 12 league goals in 13 appearances for Al Nassr this season.
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