Al Nassr losing, specially in a week like this, was TERRIBLE for them, couldn't be any worse timing. Not only they are keeping the distance with Al Hilal the same when they could have cut it by three more points, but they also lost their position to Qasadiyah and now fourth as well, behind three points and have to chase them. They could have been just one points distance to second place, now they are fourth place, and that's terrible.
And not like they played some amazing team neither, Al Ettifaq is 9th and to be fair Al Nassr should have won this game with ease, without any much trouble, and the fact that they are losing this makes it even more troublesome. I do see them as good, so maybe Al Nassr could reach third place, but thats about it, I do not see second place as option anymore.
Al Ettifaq is not a strong team, especially since they are playing away at Al Nassr's home base. Al Nassr was able to take the lead first, and Al Ettifaq was able to score a goal in return. Al Nassr took the lead again in the 65th minute, but unfortunately their defense made a blinder which resulted in a score of 2-2. 7 minutes later, Al Ettifaq was able to secure victory for them, but unfortunately, Jhon Duran received a red card. Based on statistics, both teams are almost balanced, although Al Nassr is slightly superior to their opponents. Well, as I said before, the 4-4-2 formation will not always be ideal for Al Nassr. It was proven in the match against Al Ettifaq, the away team was even able to defeat the Al Nassr squad. Apart from that, Qasadiyah is now 3 points ahead of Al Nassr, a promotion team that has been able to perform consistently. Well, as I said before, in some matches the pattern carried out by Stefano Pioli was very effective, but of course he cannot always apply the same pattern and system. that's why Al Nassr struggled to win their matches, which ended in defeat.