RIYADH: Al-Nassr claimed a comprehensive 5-2 win over Al-Najma on Friday night to extend their lead over Al-Hilal to six points at the top of the Saudi Pro League table.
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Al-Nassr now have 70 points from 27 matches, but their Riyadh city rivals can once again close that gap to three points if they win their game in hand against Al-Taawoun on Saturday night.
The home fans were briefly stunned when Al-Najma took a shock lead on 44 minutes but Abdullah Al-Hamdan managed to ease their worries with an equalizer deep into first half stoppage time. It got worse for the visitors when Sadio Mane completed the turnaround to give Al-Nassr the lead in the eighth minute of added time.
To their credit, Al-Najma came out fighting in the second half and levelled match only two minutes from the restart through Felippe Cardoso.
