"Ronaldo losing a game in Saudi whilst Messi is on a field trip" - Twitter explodes as Cristiano Ronaldo's Al Nassr lose to Al Ittihad

Al Ittihad opened the scoring in the 15th minute when attacker Abdulrahman Al-Aboud drove down the left flank. He squared the ball to Romarinho, and the Brazilian had no problem tapping home from close range.

Cristiano Ronaldo came close in the 43rd minute, but his header was straight at Al-Ittihad goalkeeper Marcelo Grohe. Al Ittihad then raced down the other end and Hamdallah slotted home to pour more misery on Garcia's side.

Al Nassr pulled one back through Anderson Talisca in the 67th minute to give Al Ittihad a nervy finish. But Muhannad Al-Shanqeeti secured Santos' side's win with a 90+3rd minute effort.

Garcia stressed following Ronaldo's debut in a 1-0 win over Ettifaq that his players must resist trying to find their new number 7 at any given opportunity. Those sentiments rang true in Al Nassr's disappointing exit from the Saudi Super Cup.

Al Ittihad advanced to the final on Sunday (January 29). Fans are taking digs at Ronaldo as his side were eliminated in his second appearance in Saudi football.

Manchester United supporters may feel a sense of justice following Ronaldo's unceremonious exit last November. The Red Devils won their Carabao Cup semi-final first-leg against Nottingham Forest last night (January 25).Here's how Twitter reacted to the Portuguese ending up on the losing side:

@bickley_darrell :

Ronaldo dropping stinkers in the Saudi league but I’m supposed to believe United are mugs for letting him go 😂

@callmeNii :

Ronaldo losing a game in Saudi whilst Messi is on a field trip….the Goat debate fell off.

@PoojaMedia:

Ronaldo's Al Nassr losing 2-0 at HT in the Saudi Super Cup.

Wahala

@AM9PP6 :

Ronaldo losing in the semis 💀

@TellAIIah:

These Al nassr players are awful man

@AM9PP6:

There’s no way people actually thought Ten Hag was the reason Ronaldo wasn’t playing well 💀

@sabelostorm:

Al Nassr is losing after 14 match run ,Ronaldo effect

@gyimie_nkoaaa:

Imagine say Al Nassr sign Messi and terminate Ronaldo’s contract..🤣

@Njr_Mufc:

Ronaldo went to saudi arabia to keep losing cup matches

@joshualrm:

Ronaldo is just ass at football at this point, can’t even score in the Saudi league