Furious Cristiano Ronaldo confronts referee at half-time and screams ‘be fair’ as nightmare week continues
CRISTIANO RONALDO’s horror week continued as he was tormented by fans chanting for Lionel Messi – and had a run-in with a referee.
The Portuguese superstar drew a blank as Al-Nassr were held to a 1-1 draw by Al Hilal on Friday.
Ronaldo has netted six times already this season in the Saudi Pro League.
But he put up a stinker against the league leaders, picking up a needless booking as Al-Nassr were held to a fourth draw of the campaign.
The 39-year-old was booked just before half-time after a furious confrontation with referee Felix Zwayer.
Ronaldo remonstrated with the official as the teams walked off to the dressing rooms.
He was caught on camera fuming: “We receive three yellow cards. Al Hilal have zero.
“Be fair for both teams!”
Ronaldo was also targeted with Messi chants from the travelling Al Hilal support.
He raised a sarcastic thumbs up towards the supporters as they taunted the Portuguese star in the second half.
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Al-Nassr had led from the first minute when Anderson Talisca lashed in an early opener.
But Ronaldo and Co were pushed back after the break as Sergej Milinkovic-Savic netted a deserved late leveller.
The draw ended Al Hilal’s winning start to the season, which had seen them take 24 points from 24.
Al-Nassr are playing catchup in the league, with Ronaldo’s men six points adrift of top spot after Friday’s game.
The incident caps a nightmare few days for CR7.
On Tuesday, he blazed a stoppage-time penalty over the bar as Al-Nassr were dumped out of Saudi Arabia’s biggest cup competition.
Ronaldo stepped up to take the spot-kick six minutes into added time against Al-Taawoun.
But he could only find the stands with his penalty, breaking a young fans phone in the process.