Ighalo Scores, Inflicts Pain on Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr

Nigerian international, Odion Ighalo scored a brace for Al Hilal as they defeated Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al Nassr 2-0 in the Saudi Arabia League on Tuesday night.

The result means Al Nassr could fall six points behind table leaders Al Ittihad who have a game in hand.

Ighalo’s two goals came from the penalty spot.

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The former Super Eagles striker converted successfully from 12 yards in the 42nd and 62nd minutes.

Before the Tuesday night game, Ighalo had failed to score in Al Hilal’s last three fixtures.

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Al Hilal had lost two and drawn one of their last three fixtures, while for Al Nassr it halted a run of four games without defeat (three wins and one draw).

Also Al Hilal, on 49 points, are sitting on the fourth place and are seven points behind leaders Al Ittihad.