Cristiano Ronaldo produces miss-of-the-season contender as Al-Nassr crash out of Asian Champions League

Cristiano Ronaldo produces miss-of-the-season contender as Al-Nassr crash out of Asian Champions League

Cristiano Ronaldo had a rare moment to forget as his Al-Nassr side were dumped out of the Asian Champions League at the quarter-final stage following a penalty shootout defeat to Al-Ain.

Trailing 1-0 from the first leg, Al-Nassr faced an uphill battle as a double from Al-Ain forward Soufiane Rahimi further increased the deficit at Riyadh’s 25,000-seater KSU Stadium.

But Abdulrahman Ghareeb struck for Al-Nassr on the stroke of half-time before Khalid Eisa directed the ball into his own net shortly into the second period to leave the hosts just one goal behind with 40 minutes remaining.

Ronaldo, 39, arguably the most clutch player in the history of the game, had a golden chance to draw the home team level on the hour-mark as Marcelo Brozovic and Sadio Mane combined on the right flank before the ball fell to the five-time Ballon d’Or winner on the rebound.