Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr kept waiting for Saudi Pro League title by own goal
Key takeaways
- Goalkeeper Bento’s bizarre injury-time own goal denies Al-Nassr a title-crowning 1-0 win over rivals Al Hilal at home.
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- A win would have sealed the 11th league title for Al-Nassr and the first for the Portuguese superstar since he famously joined the club in January 2023.
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Goalkeeper Bento’s bizarre injury-time own goal denies Al-Nassr a title-crowning 1-0 win over rivals Al Hilal at home.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo. A late own goal denied Cristiano Ronaldo and Al-Nassr a Saudi Pro League title win in Riyadh [Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters]By Al Jazeera Staff Published On 13 May 202613 May 2026Cristiano Ronaldo and his Al-Nassr teammates were left frustrated when their goalkeeper Bento scored an injury-time own goal, denying the club their first Saudi Pro League title in seven years.
Riyadh-based club Al-Nassr were leading 1-0 and seconds away from defeating local rivals Al Hilal, who are second in the league, when Bento fumbled an overhead save that sent the ball into his own net in a highly anticipated match on Tuesday.