Cristiano Ronaldo has gone from goal scorer to chance creator, proving two assists, which included a simply stunning through-ball, to help Al-Nassr defeat Al-Taawoun 2-1 in the Saudi Pro League on Friday night. 

Despite having scored five goals in his last two matches, the five-time Ballon d'Or winner was unable to get on the scoresheet in the match, but showed his exceptional vision to split The Wolves' defence with a sublime through-ball. 

His pass was met Abdulrahman Ghareeb, who whizzed through to go one-on-one with the goalkeeper and expertly polished off the move, chipping the ball around the keeper to put the home side 1-0 up. 

It seems the 38-year-old is starting to settle into life in Saudi Arabia after a slow start that saw him fail to get on the scoresheet in his opening three games. 

And while he overtook Joseph Bican to become the game's all-time leading goal scorer last year, it seems he has now turned to adding a few assists to his game, running to celebrate with Ghareeb before raising his hands in elation at his teammates goal.  

Source: Daily Mail

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