Doha: Al Duhail staged a brilliant fightback to beat Al Markhiya 3-1 in Round 14 of the QNB Stars League at Abdullah Bin Khalifa Stadium, yesterday.
Held back by a determined Al Markhiya defence in the goalless opening half and trailing by a goal in the second, league leaders Al Duhail scored three goals in a matter of five minutes to seal the deal.
After Al Markhiya substitute Ali Saeed Al Mohannadi opened the scoring in the 55th minute of the match, the Red Knights rallied to bounce back, bombarding the rivals with goals in the 73rd minute (Khaled Mohammed), 76th minute (Michael Olunga) and 78th minute (Nam Tae-Hee).
The 56th minute witnessed the red-card suspension of Al Ahli’s Mohammed Abdullah Al Ishaq.
The win took Al Duhail’s tally to 32 points from 13 matches at the top, while Al Markhiya stayed on 12 points from 11 matches.
Meanwhile, Al Rayyan handed Al Ahli a 4-0 defeat at the Hamad Bin Khalifa Stadium yesterday.
The Lions roared and rode on a brace from their start striker Yohan Boli subdue their rivals. Their goals came from Abdulaziz Hatem (16th minute), Jesisson Vargas (54th minute), and from Boli (83rd and 90+5). The win takes Rayyan to ninth in the table, while Ahli stayed seventh.
In another match, Al Sailiya and Umm Salal played out a 1-1 draw. Sailiya took the lead through Mehrdad Mohamedi in the 32nd minute, but Adel Alawi equalized for Umm Salal in the 37th minute. Sailiya and Umm Salal stayed in the 11th and 12th position respectively.
