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Al Nasser that they have now, Al Falakidi was on the bench for Saudi Arabia at the World Cup this summer. Fit again and available and in the team in the absence of the suspended Bento. And away we go. He scored 115 goals in 109 appearances. How can you boo him for that? He was outstanding and the ball just breaks loose and it takes a deflection off the top of the crossbar and Al 10 minutes played and the champions are behind. Well it's certainly against the run of the plate early on in the game but the visitors are giving themselves a real opportunity. It's a bit scrappy. Hamdallah can't really get hold of the ball. It's a deflected shot from the edge of the box. It loops up and over the goalkeeper. There's nothing that he can do. Al Falakidi in goal. It falls very very kindly to Al Haraiji. It's a simple task for him to tap it done to the onrushing goalkeeper. Double deflection up and over the goalkeeper. His positioning's good. There's nothing that the goalkeeper can do. He's so unfortunate. Just bobbles out of his grasp. Al Haraiji's first on site. The journey to Riyadh today. Oli Watkins from Aston Villa in the Premier League. Here come Al Town. Oh it's a lovely turn there by Al Barawi. Comfortable enough though for Al Haraiji. It's a big signing for Al Haraiji. Oli Watkins very much a new era at Villa Park. Kingsley Coman sending it in and almost into the back of his own net there off the boots of Arnold Saluli. Quick to take it and mix it up from the corner as Angelo sends it over. It was a better looking flight on that one. This is Sadio Mane. Score of two goals earlier in the week. And it took a little deflection on the way through so it will be a corner kick for Al Moussa. Czechia. Liberian international Oscar and it's given away. And a chance to shoot and Mileson makes the save. Samuel Costa with the shot. Yellow shirts gathering in and around the penalty area into Kingsley Coman with the pullback. Oh it just needed a touch. That was Ronaldo at the far post. So near yet so far. Remains 1-0. That's a chance maybe because he's just caught in his heels a little bit. The far post. Cristiano Ronaldo goes through. And Angelo with it at his feet to the far post. Mane collects. Denied by Mileson from a very acute angle. The tee up for Angelo. A big big block made by Zinedine Belair. Was it the defender Al Salouli? Was it a handball by Al Salouli that they might be trying to check? Well if it was he didn't know much about it Al Salouli. He's got his back to the ball. Looked like he hit the top of his arm. Would have been creeping into the bottom left hand bottom right hand corner of the goal. I think it would be very very harsh to give that the defender. He had his back to goal and knew very little about that. Just outside the box. Salim Al Najdi away to Sadio Mane. It's 1-1 and Samu Kosta scores his second goal of the season. What a handy acquisition he is proving to be. That is such a tidy finish from Samu Kosta. It really is. It's such a difficult technique from that type of distance as well. Sadio Mane sets him. It's a lovely connection with his left foot and he just sweeps it into the bottom right hand corner. Sadio Mane puts perfect pace on the pass and he makes it. He knows he's got to hit it first time. It starts off outside the post and he just bends it perfectly inside. From the byline just evading his lunge at the far post. Angelo's delivery and there's the familiar figure of Alhambra trying to get on the end of it. Lovely play. Brilliant silky skills from Xiao Felix trying to tee it up. Mohamed Simakan gets the deflection and Cristiano Ronaldo flicks it home. Ronaldo takes the applause and the acclaim of the crowd. Ronaldo that sent it into the back of the net. Well he's not sure. He's looking around Cristiano Ronaldo to see if he's onside and he certainly is onside. Defenders coming out there at the bottom of the screen. Petkov I think it is plays him onside. It's just an instinctive finish from Cristiano Ronaldo. It's a good strike from Simakan. Puts it goalwards. I think he could have left it Ronaldo. It was heading in anyway but you tell him to leave that in front of goal. Absolutely not a chance and he's onside. The goal is going to stand. Goal number 978. They're trying to hide behind Mohamed Simakan. Just a little bit out of reach for Costa. That looked quite hefty on Sadio Mane. There'll be a card for that. Acknowledgement by Petkov. That's a great challenge. Really put himself about. Made a nuisance of himself. Sadio Mane. Ronaldo's ahead of him. Mane's still in possession. Here comes Joao Felix. Diving in at the far post was Kingsley Coman. It's going to be a goal kick. Opportunity to just rest his legs for the closing stages of the match. Be interesting to see what he does against Costa Cogliacos with El Hamdan coming on. You can't see where the change would come from elsewhere. A bit of space here for Joao Felix. He'll like that. This is Sadio Mane. Slamming the foot of the post and still going Mane. He's going to be penalised there. I mean he was going for the ball but looks like he did catch the player in the process. Took everybody by surprise there. Everybody thought he was going to look for Ronaldo or Felix in the middle. With a pullback but he actually strikes it. Into the heart of midfield. Now Telai losing the ball. Here's Joao Felix. Good save. Just opened up for him there Felix didn't it? Did it all himself. He won the ball back. He ran the ball at the heart of the defence. He strikes it just as he's going over. This is the earlier attempt from Joao Felix. It's something we've picked up on before the game during the first half. They do struggle in front of goal. There's the final whistle. It's 4 from 4 for Al Nasser. And Cristiano Ronaldo's goal wins the match and secures the three points. It's been an excellent week with that last gasp victory away to Al Etifak with 10 men on Tuesday night. They backed it up with a Friday night victory over Old Town.