Al-Nassr overcame Al-Ahli 3-2 regardless of being right down to 10 males as Jhon Duran continued his flying begin to life within the Saudi Professional League.
Duran netted twice on his league debut for Al-Nassr final week and repeated the trick at Al Inma Financial institution Stadium in an ill-tempered conflict on Thursday.
The previous Aston Villa ahead hooked in a superb end from the sting of the field to open the scoring within the thirty second minute.
Al-Ahli struck the woodwork on the stroke of half-time, but it surely was after the interval that the match sparked into chaos.
The hosts thought that they had restored parity when Ali Majrashi flicked in from shut vary, but after a protracted VAR verify, the purpose was disallowed.
Nevertheless, Al-Nassr’s Mohamed Simakan was despatched off for elbowing Ivan Toney, who did then drag Al-Ahli degree with an outstanding header within the 78th minute.
But two minutes later, Al-Nassr have been again in entrance – Aiman Yahya slamming in on the second try after his preliminary effort was saved by Edouard Mendy.
Duran obtained his second within the 88th minute, coolly side-footing residence on the counter, and that strike proved decisive when Sumayhan Al Nabit pulled one again deep in stoppage time.
Tempers flared between the perimeters on the remaining whistle, as Al-Nassr celebrated a victory that moved them to inside 5 factors of leaders Al-Ittihad.
It’s over!!!!! pic.twitter.com/yxeflA0kxR
— AlNassr FC (@AlNassrFC_EN) February 13, 2025
Elsewhere, Al-Qadsiah beat Al-Shabab 3-2, shifting quickly into third previous to Al-Nassr’s win.
Information Debrief: Thrills and spills
This was an exhilarating encounter that featured 30 pictures, with 16 of these hitting the goal – 10 from Al-Ahli and 6 from Al-Nassr.
Al-Ahli created probabilities worthy of two.63 anticipated objectives, whereas Al-Nassr’s xG was 1.26, so the hosts can think about themselves unlucky to not get one thing out of this one.
However in Duran, Al-Nassr have a potent finisher – he scored with each of his makes an attempt heading in the right direction. Cristiano Ronaldo, although, was quiet, having only one shot that generated solely 0.05 xG.