Cristiano Ronaldo's Al Nassr exited the AFC Champions League after losing to Al Ain in a penalty shootout in the round of 16 on Monday night.
After losing 1-0 in the first leg in the United Arab Emirates last week, Al Nassr won 4-3 after extra time at home to level the contest at 4-4 on aggregate.
But the away side then prevailed 3-1 on spot-kicks to progress to the quarter-finals.
Cristiano Ronaldo converted his penalty in the shootout but teammates Marcelo Brozovic, Alex Telles and Otavio all failed to hit the net.
Brozovic's penalty was saved by Khalid Eisa, who therefore ended the night as his team's hero.
But Eisa had earlier been at fault for three of Al Nassr's four goals.
Having scored the only goal in last week's first leg, Soufiane Rahimi netted twice before half-time in Riyadh to put Al-Ain 3-0 up on aggregate.
The tie appeared to be over but strikes from Abdulrahman Ghareeb, Alex Telles and an Eisa own goal then saw Al Nassr level the tie on aggregate to force extra time.
Ghareeb's goal came after Eisa raced out of the penalty area in a reckless bid to take the ball off Mane.
What was the keeper thinking??
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Sadio Mané sets it up for Al-Nassr on the comeback trail. pic.twitter.com/kmmQeQRh1A
Mane dribbled away from Eisa before firing the ball to Ghareeb, who scored from six yards.
Eisa's own goal arrived six minutes after half-time when he deflected a cross from Otavio into the net.
28': Al-Nassr 0-1 Al Ain (0-2 agg)
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45': Al-Nassr 0-2 Al Ain (0-3 agg)
45'+5: Al-Nassr 1-2 Al Ain (1-3 agg)
51': Al-Nassr 2-2 Al Ain (2-3 agg)
Cristiano Ronaldo's Al-Nassr are NOT giving up
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It was 3-2 to Al Nassr - and 3-3 on aggregate - 21 minutes later when Telles beat Eisa with a fairly tame free-kick from the right flank.
Eisa got two hands on the ball but failed to keep it out.
FROM 0-3 TO 3-3 ON AGGREGATE
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ALEX TELLES COMES UP CLUTCH FOR AL-NASSR pic.twitter.com/DUTkMKvNKm
The experienced UAE international had made another blunder moments earlier but Ronaldo failed to punish him.
Ali Lajami shot straight at Eisa, who palmed the ball into Ronaldo's path, only for the 39-year-old to miss the target from four yards.
CRISTIANO FROM 3 YARDS TO TIE IT ON AGGREGATE pic.twitter.com/Kg24bEqCWd
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Extra time started badly for Al Nassr when a VAR review resulted in Aiman Yahya being sent off.
Yahya jumped over teammate Abdullah Al-Khaibari, who was on the ground, before landing with his feet on top of Al Ain midfielder Bandar Al-Ahbabi.
Mane was lucky not to have also seen red earlier in the game after grabbing an Al Ain player by the throat.
Al-Nassr will play the remainder of the game with 10 players after Ayman Yahya is awarded a red card for doing a madness pic.twitter.com/tXXxqjKJ5x
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The 10 men of Al Nassr fell 4-3 behind on aggregate just before half-time in extra time following a mistake by Raghid Al-Najjar.
Instead of catching a cross from Matias Palacios, keeper Al-Najjar pushed the ball up onto his own crossbar.
The ball then bounced kindly for Sultan Al-Shamsi to volley home from an unmissable position.
This is NOT the way Al Nassr will want to be eliminated from the AFC Champions League pic.twitter.com/4W2JDNvqSO
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Despite their numerical disadvantage, Al Nassr applied plenty of pressure on the Al Ain goal.
Eisa produced a fine double save to deny Ronaldo in the 16th minute of extra time but got nowhere near the 39-year-old's penalty kick 12 minutes later.
The spot-kick had been won by Ronaldo when he was fouled off the ball by Saeed Jumaa.
CRISTIANO RONALDO IN THE 118TH MINUTE AND WE'RE GOING TO PENALTIES
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Ronaldo was Al Nassr's third penalty taker in the shootout and his team were 2-0 down by the time he stepped up.
His successful conversion gave Al Nassr a glimmer of hope but that disappeared when Otavio fired wide moments later.
Brozović ❌
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Telles ❌
Ronaldo ✅
Otávio ❌
Cristiano was the only one of Al-Nassr's four penalty takers to score from the spot in the shootout pic.twitter.com/WiLyZk881l
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