Ronaldo received the ball in the box 74 minutes into the match and took his chance with aplomb, bulleting a shot past the onrushing goalkeeper into the far corner.

It keeps Al-Nassr’s hopes of winning the competition alive, having not lifted the trophy since 1990.

They are one of the favourites left in the tournament alongside Neymar‘s Al-Hilal and should they win, it would be Ronaldo’s second piece of silverware at Al-Nassr.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 50th goal of the year to keep Al-Nassr’s hopes alive in the Saudi King Cup

Former Premier League stars Ronaldo, Mane, and Aymeric Laporte all started for Al-Nassr.

Seko Fofana opened the scoring after 17 minutes before Carlos resotred parity seven minutes later.

Al-Nassr overpowered the hosts in the first half thanks to goals from Mane and Abdulrahman Ghareeb, with the latter coming on the stroke of half-time.

Ronaldo sealed the victory with a fine goal in the 74th minute before Al-Shabab grabbed a consolation goal in the 90th minute via Hattan Bahebri.

But Al-Nassr had the last laugh Mohammed Maran scored their fifth goal six minutes into stoppage time.

The ex-Manchester United man is currently the top scorer in the Saudi Pro League with 16 goals in 15 games.

Al-Nassr sit second in the Saudi Pro League table but are seven points behind Al-Hilal.

Winning the King Cup seals qualification for the Asian Champions League, although a top-three league finish would be enough to secure a place.

Ronaldo is chasing his second trophy in Asia after winning the Arab Club Champions Cup

Sadio Mane was finally on the scoresheet again after firing blanks since September