Riyad Mahrez and Roberto Firmino have been each on the right track as Al-Ahli tightened their grip on third place within the Saudi Professional League desk with a 4-1 win over Damac on Thursday.
Matthias Jaissle’s crew have been 4 objectives up inside simply 25 minutes as Damac folded, Ziyad Al Johani and Feras Al Brikan netting their first two earlier than Franck Kessie was felled by Dhari Al Anazi for a penalty, transformed by Mahrez.
Firmino then tapped house a fourth after being teed up by former Newcastle United winger Allan Saint-Maximin on the break, however Al-Ahli took their foot off the fuel from there, Domagoj Antolic’s second-half comfort rounding off the scoring.
Elsewhere, 10-man Al-Riyadh scored two stoppage-time attracts to earn a dramatic 2-2 draw with Al-Fateh in Al-Mubarraz.
Targets from Djaniny and former Columbus Crew star Lucas Zelarayan put Slaven Bilic’s hosts getting ready to victory, with Al-Riyadh taking part in virtually half the sport a participant down after Khalid Al Shuwayyi’s 54th-minute pink card.
An astonishing collapse denied them, nonetheless, with Mohammed Al Shwirekh halving the arrears one minute into stoppage time earlier than Didier Ndong headed in a left-wing cross three minutes later.
Thursday’s different sport noticed Al-Hazm and Al-Akhdoud play out a goalless draw, preserving the hosts backside of the desk whereas Al-Akhdoud inched two factors away from the relegation zone.
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