Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring as Al Nassr defeated Al Ettifaq 3-0 and gave Stefano Pioli victory in his first sport as coach of the Saudi Arabian membership on Friday.
The Italian, who led AC Milan to the Serie A title in 2022, was appointed on Wednesday to succeed Luis Castro. The Portuguese coach was dismissed the day prior to this on account of Al Nassr’s gradual begin to the season with only one win in three Saudi Professional League video games.
Ronaldo, who missed Al Nassr’s 1-1 draw within the AFC Champions League Elite with Al-Shorta of Iraq on Monday on account of a viral an infection, fired residence from the penalty spot after 33 minutes for his third aim of the season.
Within the second half, Salem Al-Najdi and Anderson Talisca added to the scoreline.
The defeat was the primary this season for Al Ettifaq however the group coached by Steven Gerrard stayed third. Al Nassr moved to fourth.
Al Ahli was in fifth after two targets from Ivan Toney helped the Jeddah membership beat Damac 4-2.
Toney, signed from English Premier League membership Brentford in August, made the opener for Gabri Veiga earlier than scoring his first targets for the reason that transfer to Saudi.
Former Liverpool ahead Roberto Firmino scored the opposite.
Al Hilal and Al Ittihad are first and second within the standings and meet on Saturday.
Info from The Related Press contributed to this report.
