Al-Nassr Saudi Club, led by its Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo, turned the tables on its guest, Istiklal Dushanbe of Tajikistan, to take the lead in its group in the AFC Champions League.

Al-Nasr won over Esteghlal Dushanbe, 3-1, during the match that brought them together, on Monday evening, at Al Awal Park Stadium, in the second round of the AFC Champions League groups.

The Tajik team opened the match a minute before the end of the first half, through its player Senen Sabai.

Cristiano Ronaldo succeeded in adjusting the score in the 66th minute, after he shot the ball with his left into the visitors' net, taking advantage of a mistake by the Istiklal Dushanbe defender.

Brazilian Anderson Talisca Remontada completed the victory, after scoring the second and third goals in the 72nd and 75th minutes of the match.

This victory became the second victory achieved by Al-Nassr in the AFC Champions League, after it won in the first round against its host, Persepolis, Iran, with a score of 2-0.

Al-Alamy sits at the top of Group E in the AFC Champions League with 6 points, 3 points ahead of Persepolis, which achieved its first victory at the expense of Al-Sadd of Qatar with a clean goal.

Omid Alishah scored the only goal for the Iranian team, putting Al-Duhail in third place with one point, on goal difference from Esteghlal Dushanbe, which is in fourth and last place.