🚨What a funny story: Ronaldo was denied a goal, Al Nassr lost miserably to Al Hilal. The image proving he was not offside was immediately deleted from the broadcast.

Al Nassr suffered a crushing 0-3 defeat against Al Hilal on the day Cristiano Ronaldo had a goal disallowed, trailing behind in the race for the Saudi Arabian Professional League championship. The focal match of the 15th round of the Saudi Arabian Professional League witnessed an intense back-and-forth battle right from the opening whistle, accompanied by continuous errors in the defenses of both Al Hilal and Al Nassr.

With a more evenly balanced squad and the advantage of playing at home, Al Hilal found a breakthrough after 64 thrilling minutes. Sergej Milinkovic-Savic rose high to head the ball into Al Nassr’s net following a cross from the right wing by Saud Abdulhamid.

In response to conceding, Al Nassr intensified their attacks, with Cristiano Ronaldo leading the charge in every offensive move for the visiting team. However, the Portuguese superstar had an unfortunate day on the pitch and became the focal point of contentious decisions made by the referee.

In the 73rd minute, Cristiano Ronaldo shot the ball into Al Hilal’s net, but the goal was disallowed due to an offside infraction in the build-up. In the 86th minute, the referee and VAR overlooked an incident where goalkeeper Yassine Bounou allegedly fouled Cristiano Ronaldo with a bit of gamesmanship.

Unable to equalize, Al Nassr collapsed in injury time. In the 90th minute, Aleksandar Mitrovic headed in to make it 2-0, a situation where Cristiano Ronaldo believed he was fouled by the opponent. In the 90+2 minute, Aleksandar Mitrovic sealed a 3-0 victory for Al Hilal after a counter-attack.

The chaotic turn of events in injury time continued with defender Ali Albulayhi receiving a red card, reducing Al Hilal to 10 players. Subsequently, Cristiano Ronaldo made a favorable pass for his teammate to score, but the referee called a foul for offside.

In the end, Al Nassr suffered a 0-3 defeat against Al Hilal. This result widened the gap to 7 points for Cristiano Ronaldo and his teammates in the race for the Saudi Arabian Professional League title in the 2023/2024 season.