Cristiano Ronaldo returned to Al-Nasr’s starting lineup and watched his team come back from a 2-0 deficit to win at Al-Ettifaq Stadium despite being with 10 players within 12 minutes.
Goalkeeper Pinto saw an early red card for Ange Postecoglou’s side and they were 2-0 down going into the final 20 minutes.
But two late goals from former Liverpool player Sadio Mane and one from Abdel-Ilah Al-Amiri sealed a stunning victory that continued their unbeaten start in defending their Saudi Professional League title.
Ronaldo was a substitute last Friday, where he participated for the first time since the World Cup in the 4-0 win over Riyadh.
He lasted 45 minutes on Tuesday night before being substituted as former Tottenham boss Postecoglou looked to plug the holes left by Bento’s early red card.
The keeper raced off his line to try and deal with a quick ball over the top but only succeeded in beating former Fulham and Celtic striker Moussa Dembélé.
Al-Ettifaq controlled the ball with goals scored by Ondrej Duda and Alvaro Medran, but Mane crossed the ball to score a goal that sparked crazy revenge.
Ameri immediately scored to level the score, then Mane found himself in stoppage time again and calmly slotted home the winner, which was ruled out after an offside check.
