Heartbreak for Al Nassr. They drew 1-1 with Al Hilal at Al-Awwal Park on Tuesday in the Saudi Pro League. Mohamed Simakan headed them in front on 37 minutes.
Then disaster. Bento punched a 90+8’ corner into his own net. That own goal stopped Al Nassr winning the title tonight. Two points dropped, and the whole league just got interesting again.
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Al Nassr vs Al Hilal First Half: Simakan Heads Nassr Ahead
You could feel it from kickoff — Al Nassr wanted this. Castro had them pressing like mad. Simakan almost grabbed one early, but Al Owais clawed his header away. Al Hilal? They just soaked it up.
Sat deep, waited for Malcom to do something on the break. Brozović kept things ticking for Nassr, pinging balls out to Mané. Still, nothing clear-cut. Then 37 minutes in, Brozović whipped a corner to the near post. Simakan got there first. Bang. Header, top corner. 1-0. Al-Awwal Park exploded. Nassr saw the half out without a scare. Job half done.
Al Nassr vs Al Hilal Turning Point: 90+8’ Own Goal Chaos
This is why you watch until the final whistle. Al Nassr were seconds from being champions. Five minutes of stoppage time became eight. Al Hilal kept lumping it forward. Last corner of the game.
Milinković-Savić whips it in. Bento comes, hesitates, then flaps at it. The ball hits his glove and trickles over the line. Own goal. 1-1. You could hear a pin drop in Riyadh. VAR checked for a foul. Nothing. Goal stands. One mistake, title party cancelled. That’s Al Nassr vs Al Hilal for you — brutal.
Goals and Key Moments in Al Nassr vs Al Hilal
37’ — Goal for Al Nassr. Simakan rises and thunders a header past Al Owais from Talisca’s corner. 1-0.
45+2’ — What a save. Bento somehow tips Mitrović’s point-blank header over.
68’ — Ronaldo tries his luck. Cuts in, shoots, drags it wide. Big chance wasted.
90+6’ — Neves lines up a free kick. Hits the wall. Al Hilal running out of time.
90+8’ — Own goal. Bento punches Milinković-Savić’s corner into his own net. 1-1. Silence.
Full time. Al Nassr players stare at the grass. Al Hilal sprint to their fans.
Al Nassr vs Al Hilal Player Performance: Simakan Class, Bento Nightmare
Give it to Simakan. Man of the Match, no debate. He scored, he bullied Mitrović, he led that back line like a captain. Without him, Nassr lose this. Brozović was tidy too — ran the whole midfield. Ronaldo? Worked hard, but that 68th-minute miss hurts now.
For Hilal, Milinković-Savić refused to quit. Kept driving them on. And Bento… he made two worldies before the howler. That 90+8’ moment will haunt him. One error undoes 97 minutes of good work.
What This Al Nassr vs Al Hilal Draw Means Now
So the Saudi Pro League title race lives on. Al Nassr stay top on 84 points, but Al Hilal are only five behind with two games left. Win this and Al Hilal are champions.
Instead, it’s squeaky bum time. Nassr head to Al Taawoun on May 16. Al Hilal host Al Ettifaq the same day. This Al Nassr vs Al Hilal result means we’re going to the wire. Al Hilal have life. Nassr have regrets.
