Two Cristiano Ronaldo Assists Help Al Nassr Beat Al-Taawoun To Go Top Of Saudi Pro League

Al Nassr 2-1 Al-Taawoun

Cristiano Ronaldo provided two assists for Al Nassr against Al-Taawoun on Friday.

Ronaldo's second assist arrived deep into the second half after Alvaro Medran had equalized for Al-Taawoun.

The ball hit the net in the 78th minute but the goal was not awarded for another 239 seconds due to a long VAR review.

Ronaldo was initially flagged for offside after he had redirected a hopeful shot from teammate Luiz Gustavo into the path of Abdullah Madu.

A quick replay showed that Ronaldo had not been offside when Gustavo shot but the VAR review did not stop there.

The question then became: Had Ronaldo been interfering with play when Madu shot the ball past him into the net?

Ronaldo was stood in an offside position at this point and close to the goalkeeper's line of vision.

But after reviewing the footage on a pitchside monitor, the referee decided to award the goal.

Al Nassr's win took them back to the top of the Saudi Pro League.