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Cristiano Ronaldo continued his goal-scoring run as he found the back of the net with a stunning header during Al-Nassr's first match of the new Saudi Pro League campaign.

Ronaldo's goal was not enough though to help Al Nassr get the win as they were to a 1-1 home draw against Al Raed.

Last season’s top goalscorer Ronaldo picked up exactly where he left off in May, scoring his record 50th goal in 48 games in the season.

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He became the third-fastest player to reach that mark.

The five-time Ballon d'Or winner, who set a Saudi Pro League record last season with 35 goals, grabbed his first goal of the new season and is now just two goals shy of 900 career goals.

Ronaldo came out flying to power in a header 34 minutes into the game at Al Awwal Park to give his side a 1-0 lead.

Just four minutes after the restart, Al Raed FC got a penalty with captain Mohammed Fouzair stepping up and finding the bottom corner to draw his side level.

Ronaldo managed to get the ball in the back of the net a second time in the 76th minute but his effort was chalked off due to offside.

The goal was disallowed after a lengthy VAR check with Al Nassr manager Luis Castro expressing his anger and frustration with the decision.

“The cancellation of Ronaldo’s goal is incorrect and we have a penalty kick that was not given,” he said after the match.

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“I started playing football when I was 11 years old and played in many tournaments, but here I saw really strange things from the referee,” he added.

A few days ago, Al-Nassr suffered a 1-4 defeat against long-time rivals Al-Hilal to miss out on their Saudi Super Cup title.

Notably, Ronaldo scored the only goal of the match for his team which was not enough to give him his first trophy in Saudi.