Ighalo double settles Riyadh derby; Ronaldo fires blank

Ighalo scored each of Al Hilal’s penalty kicks to deal a extreme blow to Al Nassr’s possibilities of clinching the Saudi Professional League championship.

Ighalo received the primary penalty himself within the fortieth minute after his acrobatic overhead kick hit the arm of defender Abdulelah Al-Amri.

The second penalty was awarded quarter-hour into the second half, when Al-Hilal winger Michael was introduced down by Jaloliddin Masharipov.

The Nigerian stepped ahead and transformed the second penalty kick, choosing the identical spot as the primary and the consequence identical because the earlier.

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Ronaldo was a busy man himself and he noticed an effort rightly dominated out for offside by VAR, earlier than seeing a given penalty for hand ball overturned by VAR.

In the meantime, along with his brace Odion Ighalo has now scored 18 objectives in 22 league video games this season and he’s properly on track to win the Golden boot.