Cristiano Ronaldo missed a stoppage-time penalty and Al-Nassr was eliminated from the King's Cup in a 1-0 loss to Al-Taawoun. (More Football News)
༒The five-time Ballon D'Or winner has yet to win a major trophy since signing for the club almost two years ago.
𝓀Playing at the round-of-16 stage of Saudi Arabia's premier knockout competition, Al-Taawoun took the lead on Waleed Al-Ahmad's header with 20 minutes remaining. Al-Ahmad was then whistled for a foul in the area in the 95th minute.
🐼Ronaldo had converted all 18 of his previous penalties for Al-Nassr but this time shot over the bar to the shock of the home crowd of 14,519.
💦The defeat is the first for Stefano Pioli since the Italian succeeded Luis Castro as head coach in September.
♈Ronaldo and Al-Nassr still have two chances at silverware this season but are already six points behind leader Al-Hilal after eight games of the Saudi Pro League and have seven points from three games in the group stage of the Asian Champions League.
✃“Technically we performed well but we couldn't win the game,” Pioli said.
🌠“We feel disappointed to be out of the cup. But we still have two trophies to go for and we will give our best in them.
