Cristiano Ronaldo opened his goalscoring account for the year with a penalty just before half-time as Mane scored a double to help Al Nassr secure a 3-1 win over Al Okhdood in the Saudi PL.
Match report
Sadio Mane scored twice to seal a much-needed win for Al-Nassr as they beat Al-Okhdood 3-1 at Al-Awwal Park after coming from a goal down on Thursday.
After losing to league leaders Al-Ittihad in their last Saudi Pro League encounter, Al-Nassr responded with a dominant performance to move up to third in the standings.
Al-Okhdood took a surprise lead in the sixth minute when Christian Bassogog's cross was poorly handled, allowing Heiland Godwin to poke the ball home from close range.
Mané restored parity shortly afterwards when Sultan Al Ghannam saw his header brilliantly saved by Paulo Vitor, before the Senegalese pushed the ball home over the line.
The hosts took the lead four minutes before half-time when Damion Lowe fouled Mane in the penalty area, with Cristiano Ronaldo moving up to convert the spot-kick.
Al-Nassr continued to dominate after the break but failed to get the third goal, with Otavio, Abdulrahman Ghareeb and Angelo unable to test the visiting goalkeeper Vitor.
But their perseverance only got the better of them when Al Ghannam's incisive ball was headed into the bottom right corner by Mane for his fifth league goal of the season.
Data debriefing: back on track
Going into Thursday's meeting, Al-Nassr had lost two of their last three Pro League matches, the same number of losses as in their previous 42 matches in the competition, but they got their title title back on track with an impressive win.
They finished the match with an expected goals (xG) of 2.65 from their 14 attempts, while also limiting their opponents to a paltry 0.33 xG from their seven attempts.
Ronaldo has now scored four goals in three games against Al-Okhdood in the Pro League (two at home and one away), scoring in his first three games against one opponent in the league for the fourth time (after Al-Fateh, Al – Wehd and Al Shabab).
Competition events
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6' GOAL! Al Nassr FC 0-1 Al-Okhdood (Savior Godwin)
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29' GOAL! Al Nassr FC 1-1 Al-Okhdood (Sadio Mane)
42' Penalty goal! Al Nassr FC 2-1 Al-Okhdood (Cristiano Ronaldo)
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88' GOAL! Al Nassr FC 3-1 Al-Okhdood (Sadio Mane)
Setups
Al Nassr FC
Subs: Mohammed Al-Fatil, Abdulmajeed Al-Sulayhim, Mukhtar Ali, Ali Lajami, Raghed Al-Najjar, Nawaf Al-Aqidi, Mohammed Marran, Salem Al Najdi, Majed Qasheesh
Al-Okhdood
Subs: Knowledge Musona, Rakan Al-Najjar, Saleh Al-Abbas, Saleh Al-Harthi, Mohammed Al-Jahif, Abdulaziz Al-Hatila, Saud Salem, Saad Al-Qarni, Ghassan Hawsawi
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