Al-Nassr Overweer Al-Ahli 3-2, even though he was up to 10 men when Jhon Duran continued his flying start of life in the Saudi-Pro League.
Duran ran twice on his league debut for Al-Nassr last week and repeated the trick at Al Inma Bank Stadium in a bad collision on Thursday.
The former Aston Villa forward hooked in a brilliant finish from the edge of the box to open the score in the 32nd minute.
Al-Ahli hit the woodwork during the break, but it was after the interval that the game spoke in Chaos.
The hosts thought they had recovered parity when Ali Majrashi hit up close, but after a long VAR check the goal was not allowed.
Al-Nassr's Mohamed Simakan, however, was sent for Evbering Ivan Toney, who subsequently dragged Al-Ahli level an excellent header in the 78th minute.
But two minutes later, Al-Nassr was again in front Aiman Yahya hit the second attempt after his first attempt was saved by Edouard Mendy.
Duran got his second in the 88th minute, cool side-footing house on the counter, and that strike turned out to be decisive when Sumayhan already pulled Nabit a deep in the stop time.
Tempers faded between the sides on the last whistle, while Al-Nassr celebrated a victory that moved them to five points from leaders Al-Eittihad.
It's over !!!!! pic.twitter.com/yxefla0kxr
– Alnassr FC (@alnassrfc_en) February 13, 2025
Elsewhere, Al-Qadsiah Al-Shabab defeated 3-2 and went temporarily to third place prior to the victory of Al-Nassr.
Debrief data: Tension and spill
This was an exciting encounter with 30 shots, with 16 of them being the target-10 of Al-Ahli and six from Al-Nassr.
Al-Ahli created opportunities that are worthy of 2.63 expected goals, while the XG of Al-Nassr was 1.26, so that the hosts can consider themselves a pity to do nothing from this.
But in Duran, Al-Nassr has a powerful Finisher-Hij scored with his both attempts on goal. Cristiano Ronaldo, however, was quiet and only had one shot that only generated 0.05 xg.
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