Watch the moment Cristiano Ronaldo is confronted by a furious Ali Al-Bulayhi after Al-Nassr’s 3-0 defeat to Al-Hilal in the Saudi Pro League… as Sadio Mane sarcastically claps the defender

Al-Nassr star Cristiano Ronaldo clashed with Al-Hilal defender Ali Al-Bulayhi during Friday night’s Saudi Pro League fixture.

Ronaldo was less than impressed with what he deemed to be playacting from Al-Bulayhi and pretended that he couldn’t hear as his opponent raged at him.

Former Liverpool and Bayern Munich winger Sadio Mane, one of Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr team-mates, was also seen sarcastically clapping Al-Bulayhi.

Al-Bulayhi was later sent off in the closing stages of the game after receiving two yellow cards.

However, Ronaldo was left hugely frustrated as Al-Nassr suffered a 3-0 defeat away to their title rivals.

Ronaldo felt that Al-Bulayhi, who was later sent off, went down too easily after a challenge

The result means that Al-Hilal are now seven points clear at the top of the table. 

Sergej Milinkovic-Savic had put Al-Hilal in the lead, with former Newcastle and Fulham striker Aleksandar Mitrovic then proceeding to score a brace.

At half time, with the game still goalless, Ronaldo sarcastically blew kisses towards Al-Hilal fans who taunted him with chants of ‘Messi’.

Ronaldo and Al-Nassr will hope to bounce back in their next league game at home to Al-Riyadh. Prior to that they will face Maldivian side Istiklol in the AFC Champions League.

So far this season Ronaldo has scored 18 goals in 20 games for Al-Nassr across all competitions, while he has provided nine assists. 

Former Liverpool and Bayern Munich winger Sadio Mane sarcastically clapped Al-Bulayhi

Ronaldo was left hugely frustrated as Al-Nassr suffered a 3-0 defeat to the league leaders

One user on X wrote: ‘The best shot in the first half was between Ronaldo and Al-Bulayhi’.

Another commented on how Saudi Arabia international Al-Bulayhi also squared up to Lionel Messi at the World Cup last year.

They wrote: ‘this guy thinks he’s him provoking both Ronaldo and messi’.

Another user wrote: ‘Al-Bulaihi continues his quarrels with the big stars. After Messi, it is Ronaldo’s turn today’.

Another user was heavily critical of Al-Bulayhi’s actions.  They also said it was satisfying to see Ronaldo fans get a taste of their own medicine.

They wrote: ‘I dislike ronaldo but this al hilal player is the worse player I have ever seen. Always provoke dive insult the opposite players. What I’m loving is that Ronaldo fans are tasting their own medicine. When he did it to Messi they said he owns Messi.’

Another wrote: ‘If there’s one thing Cristiano Ronaldo is going to do it’s own Al Bulaihi…STIFF NECK OR NOT!!’.