April ⁠3 (Reuters) - Cristiano Ronaldo marked his return from ⁠a month-long injury layoff by scoring twice in ‌the second half as Al Nassr maintained their winning run with a 5-2 victory over bottom side Al Najma in ​the Saudi Pro League on Friday.

The ⁠Portuguese forward, sidelined ⁠since February, had missed Al Nassr’s previous two league ⁠matches ‌and was also ruled out of Portugal’s friendlies against Mexico and the United States ⁠last month.

Al Najma, who have won only ​once in ‌27 league games, took a surprise lead a ⁠minute before ​halftime through Rakan Al Tulayhi.

Al Nassr responded swiftly, with Abdullah Al Hamdan and Sadio Mane scoring in ⁠first-half stoppage time to turn the ​match around.

The visitors drew level two minutes after the restart when Felippe Cardoso struck, but Al Nassr regained ⁠control when Ronaldo converted a penalty in the 56th minute.

The 41-year-old added his second in the 73rd minute before Mane sealed the win with a ​stoppage-time strike.

Al Nassr’s 13th consecutive ⁠league victory kept them top of the standings ​on 70 points, six clear of ‌second-placed Al Hilal, who play ​Al Taawoun on Saturday.

(Reporting by Ahmed El Ghannam in Cairo, editing by Pritha Sarkar)