Last Updated: November 08, 2023, 03:30 IST
DOHA, Qatar: Anderson Talisca’s hat trick gave Al-Nassr a 3-2 win over Al-Duhail within the Asian Champions League on Tuesday with Philippe Coutinho scoring each objectives for the Qatari workforce.
The victory places the Saudi Arabian workforce, which rested Cristiano Ronaldo, answerable for Group E with 4 wins from 4 and needing only a level from the 2 remaining video games to succeed in knockout stage. Al-Duhail was eradicated.
Coutinho, the previous Liverpool and Barcelona star who joined Al-Duhail on mortgage in September, put the workforce forward after eight minutes. Talisca leveled after 27 minutes after which added a second ten minutes later.
Talisca accomplished his hat trick simply after the hour to place Al-Nassr, nonetheless trying to find a primary continental championship, 3-1 forward. Coutinho transformed a late penalty.
On Monday, Saudi Arabian title-holder Al-Ittihad misplaced 2-0 to Al Quwa Al Jawiya of Iraq. Despite the defeat, Al-Ittihad remains to be atop Group C with 9 factors from 4 video games, two above Iranian workforce Sepahan, which routed AGMK of Uzbekistan 9-0.
Four-time winner Al-Hilal is with out the injured Neymar however Aleksandar Mitrovic has been in effective type. The Serbian striker scored the second in a 2-0 win at Mumbai City, his sixteenth objective for the Saudi Arabian workforce in 16 video games since becoming a member of from the English Premier League membership Fulham. Brazilian ahead Michael opened the scoring as Al-Hilal stayed on prime of Group D.
The event is split into two geographic halves till the ultimate. In the jap zone, former Manchester United star Marouane Fellaini scored a late objective to seal Shandong Taishan’s 2-0 win at Incheon United of South Korea to place the Chinese workforce degree atop Group G with Japanese champion Yokohama F. Marinos who gained 3-0 over Kaya-Iloilo of the Philippines.
In Group I, Kawasaki Frontale of Japan maintained its excellent file with a fourth straight win, defeating Thailand’s BG Pathum United 4-2. Two-time winner Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i of South Korea stays second regardless of a 2-1 loss at Johor Darul Tazim of Malaysia.
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