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The manager of Al-Nassr, Jorge Jesus, stated that Cristiano Ronaldo has not been performing well lately, particularly regarding set-pieces.

He noted that his team needs to improve its performance on set pieces going forward.

He made this statement following the Knights of Najd’s victory in a tense 3-2 match against Al-Shabab, who were down to ten players after one of their team members was sent off, during the Saudi Pro League on Saturday.

Before the game, Ronaldo’s team had been struggling with performance, having lost their last three league games.

Saad Balobaid, however, scored an own goal just two minutes into the match, providing them with a strong start. Six minutes later, Kingsley Coman scored, extending the lead to two goals.

Unfortunately, in the 31st minute, Mohamed Simakan inadvertently scored an own goal, which narrowed the deficit. In the 53rd minute, Carlos Junior scored from a counter-attack to level the game for Al-Shabab.

In the 76th minute, during a corner kick, Abdulrahman Ghareeb secured victory for Al-Nassr by scoring with a shot into the bottom-left corner of the net.

After the match, Jesus spoke to reporters and expressed his dissatisfaction with their set-pieces, stating (via @TheNassrZone):

“We need to get better at set-pieces, and we have the best set-piece taker, Cristiano Ronaldo. It’s true that things haven’t been going well for him lately, and we hope to improve things in the coming weeks.”

In 19 matches in total (across all competitions), Ronaldo has netted 16 goals and made three assists.

However, Al-Nassr have struggled to utilize his strengths in set-piece situations recently.

The player, aged 40, has netted two goals in the last four matches, one of which was from a penalty.

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