CRISTIANO RONALDO was covered in blood after a painful clash with Czech Republic goalkeeper Tomas Vaclik.<br /><br />The Manchester United striker suffered the painful injury within the first 12 minutes of Portugal's Nations League clash after contesting an aerial ball.<br /><br />Ronaldo collided with Vaclik's jump, whose arms smashed into the Portugal legend's face, knocking him to the ground.<br /><br />Blood gushed from Ronaldo's nose as he sat dazed on the grass.<br /><br />The striker required medical attention but then returned to the pitch with a bandage on his nose.<br /><br />And he was back in the thick of the action soon after when he was handed a penalty, although Patrik Schick missed from the penalty spot.<br /><br />Portugal won 4-0 to set up a decisive group decider at home to Spain on Tuesday.<br /><br />A frustrated Ronaldo was left scoreless in Prague, but it was a much happier occasion for a pair of Old Trafford teammates.<br /><br />Red Devils right-back Diogo Dalot scored an astonishing double to either side off a shot from Bruno Fernandes.<br /><br />Diogo Jota of Liverpool scored the fourth last.<br /><br />The Portuguese controlled possession and opened the scoring in the 33rd minute when Rafael Leao finished off a cross into the area and Dalot finished off goalkeeper Vaclik.<br /><br />Fernandes doubled the visitors' lead in added time late in the first half when he burst into the box and converted a cross from close range.<br /><br />Dalot scored his second shortly after the break with Jota completing the scoring in the 82nd minute to leave the 2019 winners in pole position to reach the semi-finals.<br /><br />Portugal leads the group with 10 points ahead of Spain with eight after five games with one game to play.
