Cristiano Ronaldo scored his fourth hat-trick of the Saudi Pro League season on Saturday as Al-Nassr thrashed Al-Wehda 6-0.

The five-time Ballon d'Or winner now has 32 league goals this season, two short of Abderrazak Hamdallah's record tally of 34 back in the 2018-19 campaign, with four games still to play.

CR7 opened the scoring in Riyadh in the fifth minute after intercepting a poor clearance from goalkeeper Monir El Kajoui.

Seven minutes later, the former Real Madrid and Manchester United star grabbed his second, heading home a cross from Marcelo Brozovic. Early in the second half, Ronaldo's shot from just inside the area secured his hat trick in Al-Nassr's seventh successive win.

Ronaldo's perfect hat trick -- scored with the left foot, right foot and head-- elevated his total for the season at club level to 45 goals, his most since scoring 51 for Real Madrid in 2015-16, according to ESPN Stats & Information research.

His fellow Portuguese star Otavio also scored as did Senegal forward Sadio Mane and Mohammed Al-Fatil.

The win moves nine-time Saudi Arabian champion Al Nassr to nine points behind leader Al Hilal.

Ronaldo said, "I don't care about scoring a hat-trick as much as I care about the team."

Source: online 

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